Author: Sia
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100-Million-Year-Old Frog, Eggs Inside, Entangled in Gripping Fate During Prehistoric Mating Ritual
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Frogs from the Mesozoic are rarely found in the fossil record, particularly those with eggs preserved. Image credit: Baoxia Du et al., Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2024 (CC BY 4.0) (cropped) An incredibly preserved fossilized frog, dating to over 100 million years ago, has been discovered in China. Not only is it the oldest…
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Europa’s Oxygen Mystery: Surprising Discovery Reveals Moon Produces Less Oxygen Than Initially Believed, Posing Intriguing Questions
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Using data from the Jovian Auroral Distributions Experiment (JADE) instrument onboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft, planetary scientists have calculated the rate of oxygen being produced at Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to be substantially less than most previous studies. This illustration shows charged particles from Jupiter impacting Europa’s surface, splitting frozen water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen…
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Epic Video: Mother Rhino’s Heroic Stand Against Massive African Elephant to Safeguard Her Baby in Heart-Pounding Jungle Encounter
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This is the incredible moment a mother rhino took on a much bigger elephant that tried to chase the pair away from a waterhole. The footage was filmed at the Kruger National Park in South Africa by Krishna Tummalapalli, an interventional cardiologist from India. The rhino and her baby were drinking water from the pond…
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Brave Dog in Brazil Battles Porcupine, Enduring Painful Struggle with Hundreds of Quills Embedded in His Face
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A dog has been left with hundreds of quills in its face after it attacked a porcupine in Brazil. The dog, named Thor, was found by its owner impaled with hundreds of quills in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on February 20. Pictures showed the golden brown dog covered in hundreds of yellow quills around its mouth, forehead, nose,…
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Valiente perro en Brasil lucha contra un puercoespín, soportando una dolorosa lucha con cientos de púas incrustadas en su rostro
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Un perro quedó con cientos de púas en la cara después de atacar a un puercoespín en Brasil. El perro, llamado Thor, fue encontrado por su dueño empalado con cientos de púas en São Paulo, Brasil, el 20 de febrero. Las imágenes mostraban al perro de color marrón dorado cubierto de cientos de púas amarillas…
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Battle for Dominance: Elephants’ Trunk and Disorderly Chase Sends Hippos Fleeing, Securing Prime Spot at South African Watering Hole
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Wildlife photographer Corlette Wessels, 47, was just yards from the action when a large elephant cow began to take exception at the presence of nearby hippos. The elephant’s bad temper quickly turned into a charge and the hippo was forced to turn and flee. This is the moment a herd of elephants charged a bloat…
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Rescuer Astounded as Injured ‘Brown’ Fox, Nursed Back to Health, Reveals Stunning Surprise – Snowy White Fur
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When Bo was brought into a wildlife rescue centre in the Wirral, Merseyside, last month, staff there initially thought his fur was brown. But it turned out he was so dirty and unwell that it was hiding a secret – that he has leucism, a rare condition where his fur’s pigmentation is so light it appears…
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Revolutionary Survey Reveals Dozens of Planet-Forming Disks, Unveiling the Spectacular Birth of New Worlds Across the Cosmos
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Survey of planet-forming disks The European Southern Observatory said on March 5 that its Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) in Chile has captured images of planet-forming disks, in one of the largest-ever surveys of these disks. The research focused on observations of more than 80 young stars believed to have planets forming around them. The…
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Researchers Unearth Previously Unknown Mass Extinction Event Shaping Africa’s Enigmatic Past 30 Million Years Ago
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Sixty-three percent. That’s the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around 30 million years ago, after Earth’s climate shifted from swampy to icy. But we are only finding out about it now. Compiling decades of work, a new study published this week in the journal Communications Biology reports on a previously…
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Researchers Discover Previously Unknown Mass Extinction Event 30 Million Years Ago Unfolding Across the Enigmatic Terrain of Africa
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Sixty-three percent. That’s the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around 30 million years ago, after Earth’s climate shifted from swampy to icy. But we are only finding out about it now. Compiling decades of work, a new study published this week in the journal Communications Biology reports on a previously…