1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (626+ words) A crab trapped by its own growth exposes an overlooked hazard of floating plastic waste. About 500 meters off Sesoko Island in Okinawa, Japan, a plastic bottle drifted at the sea surface with juvenile fish gathered around it. Inside was something…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (83+ words) Long-lost Otodus megalodon vertebrae have reopened questions about the giant shark while exposing the vulnerability of museum collections....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (305+ words) A tiny coffee pest may be building the perfect hideout for its own predators....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (391+ words) Three bones unearthed in Japan have revealed a lost giant salamander species that prowled ancient wetlands 3.5 million years ago....

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (522+ words) A rare fossil fish scan reveals brain features and adaptations tied to the transition from aquatic to land animals. Researchers at Flinders University have taken a closer look inside the head of one of the earliest animals to move from…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (796+ words) A chance discovery inside a long-overlooked fossil has revealed an unexpected chapter in pterosaur evolution. Around 110 million years ago, two small pterosaurs about the size of modern seagulls were flying over a lake or river, likely searching for food or…...