Jack Tamisiea
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Not All Heroes Wear Capes, but These Termites Did for Science
This study has everything: jumping spiders; insects donning striped and solid patterns; and evolutionary lessons about predators and prey.
505-Million-Year-Old Jellyfish Fossils May Be the Oldest Ever Found
The specimens are evidence of how little the squishy, tentacled predators have changed over the history of life on Earth.
Imagine T. Rex. Now Imagine It With Lips.
The apex dinosaur’s terrifying teeth were sheathed in lip-like tissue, some paleontologists say. Imagine them more akin to Komodo dragons than crocodiles.
The Biggest Penguin That Ever Existed Was a ‘Monster Bird’
Fossils found in New Zealand highlight an era after the dinosaurs when giant flightless birds prowled the seas for prey.
The Ankylosaur’s Club-Tail Wasn’t Only Swinging at T. Rex
A dinosaur named for a demon dog in “Ghostbusters” had a sledgehammer attached to its rear. A new study found it could both shatter shins...
It Takes a Lot of Elephant Brains to Solve This Mystery
By counting the facial neurons in African savanna and Asian elephants, researchers made a discovery about the animals’ trunks.
A Long-Lost Branch of the Nile Helped in Building Egypt’s Pyramids
A new study confirms a long-held theory that builders used the river to transport the heavy blocks that comprise the ancient wonders.
Modern and Ancient Crickets May Sing the Same Song
With a one-of-a-kind museum specimen, researchers recreated the chirp of ancient cricket relatives that droned alongside the dinosaurs.
Splitting T. Rex Into 3 Species Becomes a Dinosaur Royal Rumble
A team of researchers published a rebuttal to an argument advanced by another group earlier in the year. The disagreement over the king of dinosaurs...
Who’s Got Two Pseudothumbs and Loves Bamboo? This Panda Bear.
Fossils found in southwestern China give a hint to the development of the panda’s sixth digit — a rudimentary, thumblike bone extension.
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