Today, 80 percent of Australia is arid, but it was not always that way. In the early Pliocene, 5.4 to 3.6 million years ago, Australia had a greenhouse climate, widespread forests and diverse marsupial...
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Scientists Think They Know How This Extinct Bear-Like Marsupial Got So Big : ScienceAlert
Although long dead, fossil skeletons provide an incredible window into the lifestyle and environment of an extinct animal. By analyzing the various features of fossil bones we can reveal not only the overall size...
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‘Extinct’ Coronaviruses Still Thrive in North America, Just Not in Humans : ScienceAlert
Variations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus that have not been detected in human beings for some time are still going strong in animal populations – specifically, in the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) roaming across the...
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What Would Dinosaurs Look Like Today If They Never Went Extinct? : ScienceAlert
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of evolution. The skies darkened and plants stopped photosynthesizing. The plants died, then...
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Rare Fossil of Extinct American Lion Discovered Thanks to The Mississippi Drying Up : ScienceAlert
At the end of October, a Mississippi resident made a rare discovery along the drought-stricken Mississippi River – a fossilized jawbone from an American lion that roamed the area roughly 11,000 years ago, according...
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‘Extinct’ Clam From 30,000 Years Ago Turns Up Just Fine in California : ScienceAlert
A species of clam known only by the 28,000-year-old fossils it left behind has turned up alive and well on an American shoreline. The small, translucent bivalve, known as Cymatioa cooki, was recently discovered...
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