Despite being possibly the largest birds of all time, the time it took them to reach maturity made them ill-equipped to handle human arrival. The Dromornis stirtoni, possibly the largest bird to have ever existed, went extinct 7 million years ago, but its bones have revealed the fatal flaw that doomed its descendants: they took too long to mate. Australia used to be home … [Read more...] about We may have discovered the cause of Australia’s enormous extinct “Demon Ducks of Doom”
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The Oldest Dinosaur Ever Discovered In Africa Is A Brand-New Species
Incredibly, the specimen isn't just ancient but also near-complete. A graduate student from Virginia Tech's Department of Geosciences discovered the oldest dinosaur ever discovered in Africa. The ancient animal was mostly intact, allowing palaeontologists to identify it as a previously unknown species. The ancient dinosaur walked on two legs, weighed between 9 and 29 … [Read more...] about The Oldest Dinosaur Ever Discovered In Africa Is A Brand-New Species
Mammal Ancestors’ Flattened Mummies Discovered 250 Million Years After Extinction Event
The basin revealed several specimens with their skin remarkably intact. Lystrosaurus was spotted in a couple sequences in Jurassic World Dominion (including a deleted one in which it chomps the head off an Oviraptor). While the silver screen may be the last place we'll ever see such an animal alive and well, mummified specimens discovered in South Africa have revealed … [Read more...] about Mammal Ancestors’ Flattened Mummies Discovered 250 Million Years After Extinction Event
A Stray Dog Discovered at a Gas Station Parking lot Becomes a PetSmart Model
“She had a natural talent for it.” Meet Layla, a 2-year-old golden retriever who brightens every place she walks into. Layla was discovered dirty and alone in a gas station parking lot by an animal rescue. They didn't know much about her background or how long she'd been there, but they knew they could help her. After a few weeks, the former stray found her forever … [Read more...] about A Stray Dog Discovered at a Gas Station Parking lot Becomes a PetSmart Model
A human foot in a shoe was discovered floating in Yellowstone Hot Springs
A human foot with its shoe still inside was discovered in one of Yellowstone National Park's gushing hot springs. Nobody knows how the body part wound up in the geothermal feature, but park officials are looking into it. According to a Yellowstone National Park release, the unique circumstance began on Tuesday, August 16, when a park staffer noticed the foot floating in the … [Read more...] about A human foot in a shoe was discovered floating in Yellowstone Hot Springs