15 million-year-old creature — with its last meal inside — is new species in Australia
Brock’s iron shield fish adds to the rich prehistoric history of McGraths Flat, and contributes to its classification as a ...
Beaches closed after surfers ‘infected’ and sea creatures killed
Two foam-covered beaches have been closed after surfers complained of coughing and skin irritations, and dead sea creatures ...
Blobfish overcomes notoriety as ‘world’s ugliest animal’ to win New Zealand’s ‘fish of the year’
It has been a dramatic change of fortunes for the blobfish. Back in 2013, the gelatinous sea creature was declared the ...
From school to sea: Can Pismo clams make a comeback with the help of middle schoolers?
Pismo clams, once abundant along the California coast, are being grown and studied in a middle school classroom.
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Iguanas floated one-fifth of the way around the world to colonize Fiji
The only iguanas outside the Americas, Fiji iguanas are an enigma. A new genetic analysis shows that they are most closely related to the North American desert iguana, having separated about 34 ...
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Seal ‘oceanographers’ reveal fish abundance in Pacific Ocean’s twilight zone
Rhythmic clicks, grunts and roars fill the Año Nuevo Island Reserve in California, home to a large breeding colony of ...
Ancient seafloor creature grew like modern marine invertebrates, study suggests
The growth and lifespan of Parvancorina minchami, small anchor-shaped animals that lived on the seafloor about 550 million ...
Fisherman found alive after drifting over 90 days at sea says he survived eating birds, turtles and cockroaches
Maximo Napa was rescued in his small fishing boat after being spotted by an Ecuadoran vessel off the coast of northern Peru.
A 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish with preserved stomach contents is a newly discovered species
In an Australian first, researchers have described a new species of 15-million-year-old fossilized freshwater fish, ...
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Rare 15 million-year-old fish fossil discovered, stomach shockingly intact
However, they didn’t appear in the fossil record enough to gather any relevant information about them. Dr. McCurry continued that the scientists didn’t know when this group of ...