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Human Outer Ears May Have Evolved from Ancient Fish Gills, Study Finds
Human outer ears may have evolved from the cartilage in ancient fish gills, according to recent research. Gene-editing experiments demonstrated a genetic link between fish gills and mammalian ears, with findings suggesting this transformation dates back millions of years. Researchers tested genetic enhancers in zebrafish, mice, and lizards, uncover...
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Watch: London Zoo Starts Annual Headcount Of Its Animals, Internet Says ''What A Fun Job''
As part of the exercise, employees at the zoo are tasked with tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate at the zoo.
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150-Million-Year-Old Fossil Named After Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky
Polish palaeontologists recently named a 150 million-year-old marine invertebrate after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. The well-preserved and complete fossil of the bizarre creature was discovered in Africa.
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"Stuff of Nightmares": Thousands Of Scorpions Crawling Inside Abandoned House Leaves Internet Horrified
A video showing a house filled with thousands of scorpions has taken the internet by storm. Shared on Reddit, the clip shows thousands of invertebrates crawling around a house that has been described as "abandoned" in the caption.
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These Animals Can Survive Until The End Of The Earth, Astrophysicists Say
Tardigrades have a reputation as the toughest animals on the planet. Some of these microscopic invertebrates shrug off temperatures of minus 272 Celsius, one degree warmer than absolute zero. Other species can endure powerful radiation and the vacuum of space.
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How Long Did It Take For Life To Rebound After The Death Of The Dinosaurs?
It doesn't take a very long time to irreversibly change the planet. In just a few dozen millennia - a geologic blink of an eye - three quarters of Earth's living things went extinct 66 million years ago. The cause was probably a massive asteroid impact, possibly accompanied by colossal volcanic eruptions. The consequences of what scientists call th...
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In an Unlikely Place, Life Has Been Percolating
First there was the microbe that scientists called "The Bold Traveler," found living in lightless solitude more than two miles down a South African gold mine. Nothing alive had ever been found in rock fractures at that depth before.
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Human Outer Ears May Have Evolved from Ancient Fish Gills, Study Finds
Human outer ears may have evolved from the cartilage in ancient fish gills, according to recent research. Gene-editing experiments demonstrated a genetic link between fish gills and mammalian ears, with findings suggesting this transformation dates back millions of years. Researchers tested genetic enhancers in zebrafish, mice, and lizards, uncover...
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Watch: London Zoo Starts Annual Headcount Of Its Animals, Internet Says ''What A Fun Job''
As part of the exercise, employees at the zoo are tasked with tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate at the zoo.
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150-Million-Year-Old Fossil Named After Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky
Polish palaeontologists recently named a 150 million-year-old marine invertebrate after Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. The well-preserved and complete fossil of the bizarre creature was discovered in Africa.
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"Stuff of Nightmares": Thousands Of Scorpions Crawling Inside Abandoned House Leaves Internet Horrified
A video showing a house filled with thousands of scorpions has taken the internet by storm. Shared on Reddit, the clip shows thousands of invertebrates crawling around a house that has been described as "abandoned" in the caption.
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These Animals Can Survive Until The End Of The Earth, Astrophysicists Say
Tardigrades have a reputation as the toughest animals on the planet. Some of these microscopic invertebrates shrug off temperatures of minus 272 Celsius, one degree warmer than absolute zero. Other species can endure powerful radiation and the vacuum of space.
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How Long Did It Take For Life To Rebound After The Death Of The Dinosaurs?
It doesn't take a very long time to irreversibly change the planet. In just a few dozen millennia - a geologic blink of an eye - three quarters of Earth's living things went extinct 66 million years ago. The cause was probably a massive asteroid impact, possibly accompanied by colossal volcanic eruptions. The consequences of what scientists call th...
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In an Unlikely Place, Life Has Been Percolating
First there was the microbe that scientists called "The Bold Traveler," found living in lightless solitude more than two miles down a South African gold mine. Nothing alive had ever been found in rock fractures at that depth before.
