The early Jurassic might be famous as the point in prehistory that dinosaurs began to grow into giants, but something…
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Crocodiles swam the Atlantic to reach America
Millions of years before Vikings crossed the Atlantic, crocodiles swam thousands of kilometres from Africa to colonise the Americas. The…
Bats Lend an Ear to Sonar Tech
Bats create a three-dimensional acoustic image of insects as they swoop through jungles, fields and forests. Now, bio-engineers have put…
Blind, Legless Lizard Discovered
First on record in Cambodia and the first reptile to be both discovered and formally described in a scientific journal…
Your Heart Can Sync With a Loved One’s
Watching a friend or relative in a stressful situation can loosely synchronize both of your heart rates, experiments at a…
New Species of Tiger Stingray Named
An Amazon stingray known as the tiger ray has finally earned its scientific stripes: It’s been officially recognized as a…
Chimps Are Self Aware
Chimpanzees are self-aware and can anticipate the impact of their actions on the environment around them, an ability once thought…
Sea Urchin Body Is One Big Eye
Sea urchins may use the entire surfaces of their bodies—from the ends of their “feet” to the tips of their…
Brainless box jellyfish know which way is up
Box jellyfish may lack a brain, but they still make use of two dozen eyes. Now it seems that some…
Biggest Fossil Spider Found
The 165-million-year-old species is a relative of today’s large web weavers. Measuring nearly 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) in length, the…