Latest articles by Nick Garland

fossils
over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

Lesser-known mass extinction event killed three-quarters of land animals

An international team led by researchers from the Evolutionary Studies Institute (ESI) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, has obtained an age from rocks of the Great Karoo that shed light on the timing of a mass extinction event that occurred around 260 million years ago.
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plants and animals
over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

Rare sighting of colossal squid caught on camera

Russian scientists caught some extremely rare footage of a colossal squid off the coast of Antarctica.
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plants and animals
over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

Meet Jorunna parva, the sea bunny

It’s not an underwater rabbit, it’s a marine animal called a nudibranch. And the Japanese are going crazy for them.
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fossils
over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

Triceratops relative Wendiceratops is all frills all the time

Wendiceratops becomes the second horned dinosaur unveiled this year. It is the oldest relative of Triceratops and the oldest dinosaur of its group with a big nose horn.
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fossils
over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

The punk rock dinosaur from Patagonia

Amargasaurus is the weirdest of the long-necked dinosaurs, and among the strangest of all dinosaurs. It had high rows of spines that projected from the top of its neck and back, the equivalent of a dino mohawk. Its bony mane would make the band members of The Misfits melt with jealousy.
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