Sandy sea creature with ‘transparent’ tentacles found off Spain. It’s a new species
Along the ground, they noticed a yellow sea creature with dozens of tentacles. It turned out to be a new species. Researchers visited several sites in the western end of the Mediterranean Sea between ...
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‘Silent killing machines’: How water canals threaten wildlife across the globe
Deadly drownings of animals in water canals for irrigation and other purposes have been observed in various countries. The ...
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Divers Uncover Hundreds Of 500,000-Year-Old Fossils In An Underwater Sinkhole In Florida
In 2022, hobbyist fossil collectors Robert Sinibaldi and Joseph Branin were diving in Florida's Steinhatchee River to look ...
A 69-Million-Year Evolutionary Mystery: Scientists Discover Oldest Modern Bird
Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...
Marine engineers: Five species that shape underwater ecosystems
Among the myriad creatures that populate our ocean, some stand out as having an outsized impact on the marine ...
Arachnid evolution redefined: Whole-genome duplications and multiple land colonizations
A recent paper provides an updated perspective on the evolutionary history of chelicerates—a diverse and ecologically ...
Deep-Sea Creatures Are Crafting Their Own Worlds Beneath the Ocean Floor, Study Finds
Organisms in the deep sea rely on gravity flows to lay down sediment and then make burrows beneath the seafloor, according to ...
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Antarctica Yields Intact Skull — An Ancestor of Today’s Waterfowl That Survived Dinosaur Extinction
The skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...