World’s oldest tadpole discovered in Argentina — and it’s changing what we know about evolution
Scientists have unearthed a fossil of the world’s oldest tadpole in Argentina — a shock finding that could alter our ...
Need a break from politics? Marvel at the 'Vanishing Treasures' of the natural world
With 23 short essays on creatures ranging from the wombat to the spider, Katherine Rundell's new book is essential reading ...
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World’s oldest Jurassic-era giant tadpole fossil found, dating back 160 million years
Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest giant tadpole fossil, dating back over 160 million years, in Argentina.
Lucy at 50: How the world’s most famous fossil was discovered
Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...
Warty Pig Is The Oldest Animal Cave Art
A 45,500-year-old warty pig drawing is the oldest known cave painting of an animal on record. The piggies were painted in Indonesian caves.
Paleontologists May Have Discovered Earth's Oldest Moving Animal
The strange creature—which bears a question-mark shape on its body—roved about like a prehistoric Roomba, researchers said.
Noah’s Ark possibly marked on world’s oldest map from 3,000 years ago: scientists
Scientists have deciphered the world’s oldest map — and they believe it may lead them to the location of Noah’s Ark.
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World's oldest crocodile Cassius – famous for Australian boat rampage – dies aged 120
The world's oldest crocodile, who spent his life terrorizing ... Alas, last month, the animal's health took a turn for the worse. On October 15, his carers noticed the decline, which ultimately ...
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Socially distanced layout of the world’s oldest cities helped early civilization evade diseases
Living closely with animals led to zoonotic diseases that ... Çatalhöyük, in present-day Turkey, is the world’s oldest farming village, from over 9,000 years ago. Many thousands of people ...
Bristol Zoo to auction off hundreds of memorabilia items from animal sculptures to signs
The iconic zoo, one of the oldest in the world, closed in 2022, and now the conservation and education charity that ran it is ...