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What if a giant asteroid had not wiped out the dinosaurs? Nonavian dinosaurs have been extinct for 66 million years, but what would have happened if they'd survived?
Funny burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) tilts its head outside its burrow on Marco Island, Florida.
Animal quiz: Test yourself on these fun animal trivia questions How much do you know about the animals we share the planet with? Take our quiz to find out!
A sheep and a dog come face-to-face
Can animals learn another species' 'language?' Animals hear other species communicate around them every day. Do they understand what they're saying?

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Dinosaurs: Facts about the reptiles that roamed Earth more than 66 million years ago

By Jess Thomson published

Discover interesting facts about when dinosaurs lived, why they died and how big they got

Dinosaurs

Rare mammoth tusk found on West Texas ranch

By Patrick Pester published

Researchers have excavated a rare mammoth tusk discovered by a hunter on a West Texas ranch.

Mammoths

340 million-year-old 'nail tooth' shark found deep inside Mammoth Cave in Kentucky

By Patrick Pester published

Scientists have found ancient nail tooth shark fossils deep inside Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, revealing new information about a mysterious group of extinct predators.

Extinct species

166 million-year-old fossil found on Isle of Skye belongs to pony-size dinosaur from Jurassic

By Jess Thomson published

A fossil that was first discovered over 50 years ago has finally been identified as a dinosaur that lived around 166 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period.

Dinosaurs

Megalodon may have grown up to 80 feet long — far larger than previous estimates

By Jess Thomson published

New study suggests megalodons may have grown 15 feet longer than some previous estimates, had enormous babies, and didn't look like supersized great white sharks.

Extinct species

Do 'elephant graveyards' really exist?

By Emma Bryce published

Stories of vast graveyards where elephants go to die only scratch the surface of the fascinating death-related behaviors in these mammals.

Elephants
Young African elephant bull flares it's trunk and tusks in the air.

Elephant quiz: Test your smarts on the world's largest land animal

By Marilyn Perkins published

Quiz Elephants have good memories, but what about you? Take this quiz to find out how much you know about elephants.

Quiz

Golden scaleless cave fish discovered in China shows evolution in action

By Patrick Pester published

The discovery of a golden scaleless fish in China is helping scientists understand how animals evolved to live in caves.

Fish
Digitized image of a woolly mammoth

Should we bring back woolly mammoths?

By Alexander McNamara published

Poll Colossal scientists just created "woolly mice" in another step towards their ultimate goal of resurrecting woolly mammoths. But should we be tinkering with extinct species? Take our poll and have your say.

Poll
A Peacock mantis shrimp with bright green clubs.

Animal kingdom's most powerful puncher generates a 'phononic shield' to protect itself

By Elise Poore published

The mantis shrimp's club uses a built-in vibration shield that filters out damaging shock waves to enable it to strike with bullet-like force without breaking.

Crustaceans
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