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Spiraling vortex of 60 sharks rips apart a dead humpback whale in mesmerizing new video
By Harry Baker last updated
There were potentially even more sharks in the swarm.
Massive bulldog-faced dinosaur was like a T. rex on steroids
By Joanna Thompson published
A hefty abelisaurid is the fourth large, predatory dinosaur discovered in Egypt's Bahariya Formation, alongside other sizable Cretaceous carnivores.
Discovery of 'hidden world' under Antarctic ice has scientists 'jumping for joy'
By Harry Baker published
Researchers in Antarctica have discovered a hidden ecosystem more than 1,600 feet below the ice, which is filled with shrimplike creatures.
Mysterious Mexican mangrove forest is 'trapped in time' hundreds of miles from the coast
By Harry Baker published
A new study has revealed that a landlocked mangrove forest in the Yucatán Peninsula migrated there from the coast when sea levels were much higher, around 125,000 years ago.
World's largest rodents are taking over a fancy gated community in Argentina
By Harry Baker published
Capybaras have overrun a gated community in Argentina which was controversially built over their original habitat.
Why do deserts get so cold at night?
By Harry Baker published
Desert temperatures can fluctuate greatly between day and night, due to the poor heat-retaining properties of sand and a lack of humidity.
What's the first species humans drove to extinction?
By Emma Bryce published
Which species died out first because of humans?
Conservation's Biggest Challenge? The Legacy of Colonialism (Op-Ed)
By Asia Murphy published
Today’s most dire conservation crises have a bloody past.
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