Latest articles by Franz Anthony

plants and animals
over 2 years ago by Franz Anthony

Hairy-footed “Hobbit” shrimp found in Indonesia

The Hobbit shrimp joins the rank of crustaceans with intriguing names like the so-called ‘sexy shrimp’ Thor amboinensis — also found in the same waters — and the ‘Pink Floyd’ pistol shrimp Synalpheus pinkfloydi.
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fossils
over 2 years ago by Pete Buchholz

The colorful world of the trilobites

Far more than bumpy black blobs scuttling on the ocean floor, trilobites could be found throughout the water column, even venturing out on the beach at low tide. Their own excellent eyesight and need to camouflage against predators probably meant trilobites came in a variety of colors and patterns, like today’s crustaceans.
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fossils
almost 3 years ago by Franz Anthony

The giant sloths that lived in the sea

A study involving slices of bones from South America’s extinct marine sloth reveals how their body adapted to the underwater environment.
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fossils
almost 3 years ago by Franz Anthony

Brazilian sail-backed dinosaur swam long before Spinosaurus

A Brazilian spinosaur’s leg bone shows aquatic adaptation ten million years before Morocco’s iconic Spinosaurus.
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fossils
almost 3 years ago by Franz Anthony

500 million years of cephalopod fossils

From Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos to Disney’s Ursula and Nintendo’s Splatoon, squid and their squad continue to captivate people throughout the ages. They’re survivors, both in nature and in human consciousness. Over the course of 500 million years of their history, cephalopods have left us plenty of traces of their presence.
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