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Venom evolved hundreds of millions of years ago, creating a chemical arms race between predatory and prey. Here are some of the most venomous animals living on Earth.

32 of the most venomous animals in the world

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For almost 2,000 years, a once-bustling city in the desert of Saudi Arabia was left abandoned to the sands of time.Hegra, a thriving international trade hub in the first century AD, fell into a steady decline after it was annexed by the Roman empire in 106 AD.Then, in the centuries that followed, it was all but forgotten: occasionally mentioned by pilgrims on their way to Mecca, but left largely untouched.Yet languishing in the burning sun for nearly two millennia left the extraordinary site remarkably well-preserved.And now it has finally opened up to both tourists and experts who are hailing it...

Breathtaking ancient city discovered in the desert reveals secrets of a forgotten civilisation

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Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood at about 3 1/2 feet tall, earning them the nickname "hobbits."Now a new study suggests ancestors of the hobbits were even slightly shorter."We did not expect that we would find smaller individuals from such an old site," said Yousuke Kaifu, co-author of the study, which was published on Tuesday in the journal Nature. The original hobbit fossils date back to between 60,000 and 100,000 years ago. The new fossils were excavated at a site called Mata Menge, about 45 miles from the cave where...

Discovery of "hobbit" fossils suggests tiny humans once roamed Indonesia

How scary would it be to walk through a massive tunnel, and notice its walls and ceiling are marked with deep scratches and gouges? I would be pretty scared. However, not if I learned that this enormous underground passage was not the work of humans, but ancient giant sloths. Yup, sloths. Pretty cool, right? These vast tunnels, which were entirely made by prehistoric sloth creatures, can be found in South America. So, let’s learn a little bit more about these tunnels made by sloths.

These Huge Tunnels In South America Were Entirely Made by Sloths

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Dramatic details emerged Tuesday after police said human remains were found inside a large crocodile suspected of killing a tourist in Australia's second fatal attack in about a month.The latest victim was 40-year-old doctor Dave Hogbin, who fell from a steep bank Saturday into the Annan River south of Cooktown in Queensland state, his family said in a statement. The general practice doctor from Newcastle in New South Wales had been traveling on a camping vacation through Queensland with his wife Jane Hogbin and their three sons aged 2, 5 and 7 years. Cooktown is more than 1,500 miles from...

Tourist eaten by crocodile saved wife's life before he died, she says

Paleontologists have unearthed fossils of a previously unknown extinct marine mammal species, offering fresh perspectives on the evolutionary history of walruses and their relatives. The discovery highlights the dynamic nature of marine mammal adaptation over millions of years. Ancient Suction-Feeder Emerges from the Depths of Time. The newly identified species,...

Extinct Walrus-Like Species Discovered: New Insights into Marine Mammal Evolution

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

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What do you think of when you think about ancient Egyptian mummies? Perhaps your mind takes you back to a school trip to the museum, when you came face to face with a mummified person inside a glass case. Or maybe you think of mummies as depicted by Hollywood, the emerging zombie-like from their sandy tombs with dirtied bandages billowing in the breeze.

How the last meal of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian crocodile was brought back to life using modern science

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Interestingly, this new species shares striking feeding similarities with modern walrus (Odobenus rosmarus).

Extinct walrus-like mammal that sucked prey in prehistoric times discovered

On a tropical island that's part of modern-day Indonesia, archaeologist have uncovered a remarkable find: a bone fragment belonging to an archaic adult hominin that stood a diminutive three and a half feet tall. The discovery and identification of this arm bone, detailed in new study in Nature Communications, reveal...

Scientists Find New Evidence of Hobbit-Like Creatures on Remote Island

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Its scientific name is Ouroborus cataphractus for good reason.

The Armadillo Lizard Is Like A Real-Life Baby Dragon In South Africa's Desert

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A retired military officer who had been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tragically died after jumping from the world’s largest cruise ship last month, authorities confirmed.

Cruise Passenger Who Jumped from World's Largest Ship After Dispute Suffered with PTSD

Research reveals that Denisovans, an ancient human species, occupied Tibet’s Baishiya Karst Cave for over 160,000 years, adapting to harsh climates and utilizing diverse animal resources. Newly discovered fossils and innovative analysis of bone fragments highlight their survival strategies during ice ages and interglacial periods. According to a new...

Ancient Mystery Deepens With Discovery of Denisovan Remains in Tibetan Cave

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All birds descend from dinosaurs. While reptiles such as crocodiles and alligators may appear to be the most dinosaur-like creatures today, birds are actually the closest living connection to dinosaurs.  Birds are the descendants of theropods (two-legged dinosaurs). This group included the famous Tyrannosaurus Rex as well as smaller Velociraptors. Some birds still look quite […]

Discover 11 Modern-Day Birds That Look Like Dinosaurs

Puerto Rico is a small island in the Caribbean Sea. At 5,325 square miles in total area, it is roughly the same size as Connecticut. The island features many fascinating animals, including one crocodilian of the order Crocodilia. This order contains alligators, crocodiles, and caimans. This article explores whether alligators, crocodiles, or caimans live in […]

Are There Alligators or Crocodiles in Puerto Rico?

Archaeologists have unearthed the burial of a woman, believed to have been a shaman, at Çemka Höyük, a Neolithic settlement in southeastern Turkey. The burial, dating back approximately 12,000 years to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) period, offers a rare glimpse into the symbolic relationships between humans and animals during a transformative era in human history.

Archaeologists unearth 12,000-year-old shamanic burial in Turkey

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It's been eight years since former TV child star Sawyer Sweeten, best known from Everybody Loves Raymond, died tragically by suicide at only 19 years old. Sawyer Sweeten, his twin brother Sullivan Sweeten, and their older sister Madylin, played Ray Romano's TV children on Everybody Loves Raymond, the Emmy-winning sitcom that originally aired on CBS 1996 to 2005.

The Tragic Suicide of Former TV Child Star Sawyer Sweeten ('Everybody Loves Raymond'): 9 Years Later

An international team of scientists, including researchers from Germany and the UK, have described a new species of ancient marine crocodile, Enalioetes schroederi. Enalioetes lived in the shallow seas that covered much of Germany during the Cretaceous Period, approximately 135 million years ago. This ancient crocodile was a member of...

135-million-year-old marine crocodile sheds light on Cretaceous life

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

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Nasty-tasting cane toads teach crocodiles a lifesaving lesson

All it takes is one miserable night after a bad dinner or drink to make humans avoid an ingredient for life. To teach freshwater crocodiles in...

Nasty-tasting cane toads teach crocodiles a lifesaving lesson

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