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Scientists Just Documented A ‘Big-Butt Starfish’ On The Atlantic Seafloor Off The Coast Of Argentina

Believed to belong to the genus Hippasteria, this pinkish-orange creature was found clinging to a rock at a depth of 3,280 feet — and despite its nickname, the cleft area between two of the creature's legs is not its posterior.

By Ainsley Brown • Aug 7, 2025

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Scientists Just Documented A ‘Big-Butt Starfish’ On The Atlantic Seafloor Off The Coast Of Argentina

Believed to belong to the genus Hippasteria, this pinkish-orange creature was found clinging to a rock at a depth of 3,280 feet — and despite its nickname, the cleft area between two of the creature's legs is not its posterior.

By Ainsley Brown • August 7, 2025

Scientists Discover An Ancient Blue Whale Fossil Larger Than Any That’s Ever Been Found

Not only is this the largest blue whale fossil ever uncovered, but it also indicates that the species lived 1.5 million years earlier than we thought.

By Marco Margaritoff • Aug 6, 2025

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Scientists Discover An Ancient Blue Whale Fossil Larger Than Any That’s Ever Been Found

Not only is this the largest blue whale fossil ever uncovered, but it also indicates that the species lived 1.5 million years earlier than we thought.

By Marco Margaritoff • August 6, 2025

Elephant Bird: The Extinct 1,700-Pound Creature From Madagascar That Was The Largest Bird To Ever Live

Before they died out roughly 1,000 years ago, elephant birds could grow up to 10 feet tall and laid the largest eggs ever documented.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo • Aug 3, 2025

Elephant Bird: The Extinct 1,700-Pound Creature From Madagascar That Was The Largest Bird To Ever Live

Before they died out roughly 1,000 years ago, elephant birds could grow up to 10 feet tall and laid the largest eggs ever documented.

By Bernadette Giacomazzo • August 3, 2025

Scientists In Australia Just Discovered A New Giant Stick Insect That’s 15 Inches Long And Weighs Almost As Much As A Golf Ball

In the high-altitude Australian rainforest, researchers identified a new species dubbed Acrophylla alta — and it may be the country's heaviest insect.

By Austin Harvey • Aug 1, 2025

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Scientists In Australia Just Discovered A New Giant Stick Insect That’s 15 Inches Long And Weighs Almost As Much As A Golf Ball

In the high-altitude Australian rainforest, researchers identified a new species dubbed Acrophylla alta — and it may be the country's heaviest insect.

By Austin Harvey • August 1, 2025

Paleontologists Just Identified A Previously Unknown 95-Million-Year-Old Plant-Eating Dinosaur

After a chance oil discovery in 2017, excavations revealed the 95-million-year-old bones of a dinosaur dubbed Astigmasaura genuflexa.

By Austin Harvey • Jul 31, 2025

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Paleontologists Just Identified A Previously Unknown 95-Million-Year-Old Plant-Eating Dinosaur

After a chance oil discovery in 2017, excavations revealed the 95-million-year-old bones of a dinosaur dubbed Astigmasaura genuflexa.

By Austin Harvey • July 31, 2025

Aspen Trees In Yellowstone Are Flourishing For the First Time In 80 Years — Thanks To Gray Wolves

The reintroduction of gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995 led to a decrease in the elk population, which has now allowed young aspen saplings to grow before they are eaten.

By Ainsley Brown • Jul 29, 2025

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Aspen Trees In Yellowstone Are Flourishing For the First Time In 80 Years — Thanks To Gray Wolves

The reintroduction of gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park in 1995 led to a decrease in the elk population, which has now allowed young aspen saplings to grow before they are eaten.

By Ainsley Brown • July 29, 2025

Puppies Found In Ancient Chinese Tombs Were Used As Sacrifices In Lieu Of Humans

"If it's not your puppy and if you're living in a society where you don't have the same assumptions of dogs and cuteness... it's a cheaper investment."

By Natasha Ishak • Jul 29, 2025

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Puppies Found In Ancient Chinese Tombs Were Used As Sacrifices In Lieu Of Humans

"If it's not your puppy and if you're living in a society where you don't have the same assumptions of dogs and cuteness... it's a cheaper investment."

By Natasha Ishak • July 29, 2025

Inside The Strange History Of Animal Trials, When Crop-Eating Rodents And Murderous Pigs Were Punished For Their Crimes

While there are records of creatures appearing in court throughout history, animal trials peaked in popularity in Europe between 1400 and 1700.

By Rivy Lyon • Jul 27, 2025

Inside The Strange History Of Animal Trials, When Crop-Eating Rodents And Murderous Pigs Were Punished For Their Crimes

While there are records of creatures appearing in court throughout history, animal trials peaked in popularity in Europe between 1400 and 1700.

By Rivy Lyon • July 27, 2025

Rare Skeleton Of A 150-Million-Year-Old Ceratosaurus Dinosaur Sells For $30.5 Million At Auction

It's one of only four Ceratosaurus skeletons that have ever been discovered, and it's the only specimen of a juvenile Ceratosaurus.

By Ainsley Brown • Jul 18, 2025

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Rare Skeleton Of A 150-Million-Year-Old Ceratosaurus Dinosaur Sells For $30.5 Million At Auction

It's one of only four Ceratosaurus skeletons that have ever been discovered, and it's the only specimen of a juvenile Ceratosaurus.

By Ainsley Brown • July 18, 2025

A PhD Student Just Discovered A New Prehistoric Reptile Species By Reuniting Two Fossil Halves From Separate Museums

PhD student Victor Beccari was studying reptile fossils at London's Natural History Museum when he saw something that looked oddly familiar: a specimen very similar to one he'd seen at the Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, Germany.

By Ainsley Brown • Jul 15, 2025

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A PhD Student Just Discovered A New Prehistoric Reptile Species By Reuniting Two Fossil Halves From Separate Museums

PhD student Victor Beccari was studying reptile fossils at London's Natural History Museum when he saw something that looked oddly familiar: a specimen very similar to one he'd seen at the Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, Germany.

By Ainsley Brown • July 15, 2025