Detailed 3D images of the first tardigrade fossils ever discovered help scientists predict when tardigrades evolved their near-indestructibility — a trait that might have helped them survive multiple mass extinctions. …
1st tardigrade fossils ever discovered hint at how they survived Earth’s biggest mass extinction Read More
From Titanoboa and Vasuki — prehistoric snakes as long as a Tyrannosaurus rex — to modern-day pythons and boa constrictors that can swallow humans whole, these are the biggest, heaviest …
The biggest snake in the world (and 10 other giant serpents) Read More
Wildlife officials in Georgia stumbled across a pair of snakes that had been “expelled” by a larger serpent, only to discover that one of the regurgitated victims was still alive. …
4-foot snake vomits up 2 smaller snakes — and 1 was still alive Read More
The angular roughshark has wide-set eyes, a pink snout, massive nostrils and pronounced dermal denticles, giving them a furrry, pig-like appearance. Name: Angular roughshark (Oxynotus centrina) Where it lives: In …
Angular roughshark: The pig-faced shark that grunts when captured Read More
Scientists accidentally discover new species of wasp that lays eggs inside living, adult fruit flies, which then burst from the hosts’ abdomens while they’re still alive. Researchers in Mississippi have …
Parasitic ‘horror’ wasp that bursts from a fly’s abdomen like an ‘Alien’ xenomorph discovered in Mississippi backyard Read More
Sun bears often stand upright like humans, and mothers even walk around cradling their babies in their arms. Name: Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) Where it lives: Southeast Asia What it eats: Ants, bees, …
Sun bear: The little carnivores that look so similar to humans they’ve been mistaken for people wearing costumes Read More
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