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If we must bring back extinct species, let's focus on the giant herbivores
The American genetic engineering firm Colossal Biosciences recently announced to much fanfare it had "de-extincted" the dire ...
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Discovery Giant ‘Worm’ Creature That Lived 50 Million Years Ago
A newly identified prehistoric species, Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi, has stunned paleontologists by becoming the ...
13 ancient reptiles that once ruled the earth before humans
Earth was once ruled by giant reptiles. Tyrannosaurus rex, the king of tyrant lizards, crushed bones. Spinosaurus hunted in ...
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10 Prehistoric Creatures Once Roaming National Park Lands – For National Park Week
Imagine standing in a place where time folds in on itself—a vast landscape of mountains, valleys, forests, and rivers. Now ...
Mystery molars lead to discovery of giant crayfish in ancient Aotearoa
Giant freshwater crayfish, longer and bulkier than today's species, roamed New Zealand 20 million years ago. They would have ...
Extinct Giant Amphibians Found in Perfect Death Pose After Mysterious Mass Die-Off 230 Million Years Ago
An in-depth assessment reveals that dozens of giant amphibians died on an ancient floodplain. Around 230 million years ago, ...
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What is the limit? Scientists claim to have resuscitated extinct giant wolf
The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) was a previously-extinct canine that roamed North ... Similar in size to today’s largest gray wolves, it had bigger teeth and a stronger bite—perfectly adapted ...
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If we must bring back extinct species, let’s focus on the giant herbivores
Australia lost all its large animals, including a giant wombat-relative called diprotodon ... they decimated populations of many marsupials, driving some extinct. Lesser bilbies, desert bandicoots ...
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From Massive Eyes to Shark-Like Tails, Seven Amazing Adaptations That Helped Prehistoric Reptiles Thrive at Sea
The creatures cruised the world’s oceans with features we often associate with marine mammals, such as coats of blubber and ...
Is this really a dire wolf? Here’s how the ‘de-extinct’ pups compare to the real thing.
The private company Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected dire wolves through genetic editing. The resulting trio, ...
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If We Must Bring Back Extinct Species, Let's Focus On The Giant Herbivores
Daniel Eskridge / shutterstock Australia lost all its large animals , including a giant wombat-relative called ... driving some extinct. Lesser bilbies, desert bandicoots and broad-faced potoroos ...