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over 5 years ago by Nick Garland

Scientists discover surprising detail in evolution of ear bone

It has long been believed that the hearing bone called the stapes, one of the smallest bones in the ancestors of mammals, shows no differences between species.

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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 Julio Lacerda

When jellies had spiky skeletons and no tentacles

Modern comb jellies are jellyfish-like invertebrates that look like floating plastic bags and often sport trailing tentacles. But their prehistoric relatives traded their arms for heavy armor.

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Scientists discover surprising detail in evolution of ear bone

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

Rare sighting of colossal squid caught on camera

Meet Jorunna parva, the sea bunny

When jellies had spiky skeletons and no tentacles