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Several years ago, workers breaking ground for a power plant in New Zealand unearthed a record of a lost time: a 60-ton trunk from a kauri tree, the largest tree species in New Zealand. The tree, which grew 42,000 years ago, was preserved in a bog and its rings spanned 1700 years, capturing a tumultuous time when the world was turned upside down—at least magnetically speaking

Do Animals Understand What It Means to Die?

What the Blur is That?

New species described in 2022

Tardigrade is first multicellular organism to be quantum entangled

A blood sample believed to be the oldest in the world has been found in an ancient mummified foal, boosting hopes of bringing extinct species back to life.

Ancient giant orangutans evolved smaller bodies surprisingly slowly.

World’s first 100% complete T-rex skeleton found locked in battle with a Triceratops

Modern crocodiles are not ancient survivals but rapidly evolving, dynamic species.

A new study led by WCS-India documents how a big cat deity worshiped by Indigenous Peoples facilitates coexistence between humans and leopard