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The evolution of novel traits such as wings, flowers, horns, or limbs, is known to be important to drive biodiversity. However, it is not easy to understand how such changes happen at the genetic level.

Atopodentatus caused a stir online when it was described scientifically two years ago. It was reconstructed with a split in its upper jaw, using this weird apparatus to sift through the sand like a walrus. Yet new discoveries have shown that it was more like a spoon-billed marine iguana in its feeding habits.

A humpback whale got awfully close to a marina in Alaska. What you will see in the following video is an example of bubble-net feeding in a humpback whale. The hunting technique generally allows groups of humpbacks to eat their prey with less effort.