Scientists in Madagascar recently discovered the remains of a giant prehistoric frog, a relative of today's horned toads, which blew away the previous record for the largest known frog.
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Posted on February 18, 2008 7:56 PM • 5 Comments •
New research suggests bats evolved to fly before echolocation.
Posted on February 15, 2008 11:44 AM • 2 Comments •
Computer modeling reveals that Baryonyx loved steamed salmon with capers!
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Posted on January 14, 2008 12:16 PM • 2 Comments •
Reported last month in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a fascinating fossil was discovered in the Saar-Nahe Basin of Southwestern Germany (sounds more like somewhere in Middle-earth than Bavaria to us, but go figure). The fossil(s?) comprises...
Posted on November 12, 2007 9:40 AM • 8 Comments •
Using a technique called very high-resolution x-ray computed tomography, researchers at the University of Manchester dissected a 50 million year old spider encased in amber. As reported in Zootaxa, leveraging the same technology used in CAT scans, it can make...
Posted on October 31, 2007 11:38 PM • 4 Comments •
For over a century the nature of prototaxites has been a source of mystery and debate among scientists. Growing over 20 feet tall and a yard wide, the organism grew straight up like a tree trunk, but had no leaves...
Posted on April 23, 2007 7:14 PM • 0 Comments •