Fossils found in Chile are from a strange-looking dog-sized dinosaur species that had a unique slashing tail weapon, scientists reported Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
Dec 1, 2021
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The most detailed study to date of ancient predators trapped in the La Brea Tar Pits is helping Americans understand why today we're dealing with coyotes dumping over garbage cans and not saber-toothed cats ripping our arms ...
Archaeology
Aug 5, 2019
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Around 12,000 years ago, a diversity of horses and their kin (known as equids) roamed North and South America. These animals were hunted by large, mythical-sounding, now-extinct predators, such as saber-toothed cats and dire ...
Ecology
Jul 28, 2022
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Monsters slither throughout the crooked mangroves and serrated sawgrass of Florida's Everglades, 20 feet long and up to 200 pounds of sinewy muscle built by devouring everything in their path.
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2023
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Researchers at Tel Aviv University were able to reconstruct the nutrition of stone age humans. In a paper published in the Yearbook of the American Physical Anthropology Association, Dr. Miki Ben-Dor and Prof. Ran Barkai ...
Archaeology
Apr 5, 2021
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An international review led by the University of Queensland and WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) says that many native carnivores that live in and around human habitation are declining at an unprecedented rate - spelling ...
Ecology
Jan 18, 2018
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When you're prey, being able to spot and assess the threat posed by potential predators is of life-or-death importance. In a paper published today in Animal Behaviour, researchers from the University of Cambridge's Department ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 12, 2015
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Neanderthals hunted cave lions and used the skin of this dangerous carnivore, a new study has shown for the first time.
Archaeology
Oct 12, 2023
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The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was one of Australia's most enigmatic native species.
Plants & Animals
Sep 24, 2019
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In many parts of the world, there is an imbalance in the food chain.
Ecology
Mar 18, 2020
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