Cats are members of the Felidae family of mammals ranging from huge predators to small docile house pets. Big predator cats are one of the most revered and the most hunted…
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Can you believe that there are extinct animals that have later been found alive? With the ocean being essentially endless,…
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Did you know that not all species of wolves that have ever existed are still around today? The dire wolf…
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: One of the most regrettable side effects of colonialism, industrialism, and globalization is the rise in animal extinctions over…
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Have you watched monster movies such as Godzilla: King of Monsters, King Kong, or Jurassic Park? Well, if you have…
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Most news about extinction is dismal but it doesn’t have to be. Sometimes it’s okay to smile about something that…
Animals
The astoundingly large Stupendemys geographica (formerly known as Stupendemys geographicus) is an extinct freshwater turtle. It was found in South…
Squid
Who doesn’t love a bit of calamari? Humans have been eating squid for quite some time, but if we were…
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The ocean has historically been the home of some of the most fearsome creatures to have ever lived. Some of…
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Extinct animals are some of the most fascinating creatures. Not only do we know they existed based on fossil evidence,…
Shark
Hoffman’s dragon shark (Dracopristis hoffmanorum) is an extinct species of shark that lived during the Carboniferous period about 307 million…
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Have you ever driven through fields and seen horses grazing? Do you ever wonder what horses you might see if…
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The fossil record is like a box of chocolates — you never know what you are going to get! A…
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The ocean is a vast place, and it presents an environment that’s hostile to human life. This has kept us…
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Dragonflies were among the first insects on earth about 300 million years ago. Over the millennia, these insects have developed…
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: Many of Earth’s greatest creatures became extinct once humans came along and began using them as a “resource.” Unfortunately,…
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: The African elephant is the biggest land animal on earth currently, and on average weighs between 4,000 to 14,000…
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Turtles are beautiful creatures both on land and in the sea. Different turtles are known for being slow and graceful,…
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Many billions of years ago, the dinosaurs went extinct. This period is when the first primates appeared. Primates then changed…
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Australia is located in the Pacific Ocean. It’s the smallest continent but one of the largest countries and home to…
Winnie the Pooh, Paddington Bear, and Smoky the Bear are just a couple popular bears in the media today. In…
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Reptiles are one of the most successful species to live on planet earth. They lived alongside the dinosaurs millions of…
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Animals that were almost extinct and came back are dubbed ‘Lazarus animals’ after the biblical character Lazarus, a man who…
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From saber-tooth tigers to woolly mammoths and dire wolves, extinct Ice Age animals are fascinating creatures that capture our imaginations.…
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Global warming? Climate change? Drastic alterations in sea levels? Researchers believe that our planet’s climate change rate is unlike anything…
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In 1963, Doug Landon found an interesting skeleton beside the Thompson River, close to Muttaburra, Queensland. Of course, this is…
Dinosaurs
Doesn’t every seven-year-old wish they could be a paleontologist and discover a new dinosaur species? Well, for one seven-year-old in…
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Have you ever heard of the “Cave of Forgotten Dreams”? Officially known as the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave, the site is one…
If you like penguins, you’ll love the now-extinct Waimanu. These birds lived during the Paleocene epoch and were the ancestors…
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There are so many diplodocus fossils that it is one of the best-studied dinosaurs, and a favorite for its whip-cracking…
Mammoth
Woolly mammoths might seem ancient, but compared to other “prehistoric” creatures like dinosaurs, they died out fairly recently. While most…
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Many fearsome creatures have come and gone throughout the earth’s long history. The mass extinction of the biggest and fiercest…
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Since appearing on BBC’s Walking With Dinosaurs series, the Liopleurodon (Lie-oh-ploor-oh-don) doesn’t need much introduction. However, that series also strengthened…
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There are already some fearsome predators swimming around our oceans. Now, imagine a dolphin-like creature with giant eyes that could…
Scientists recently discovered the fossils of one of the largest pterosaurs on record. In a research paper published recently in…
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Herrerasaurus is the archosaur that arrived even before the popular velociraptor. This ancient reptile was a vicious predator. But it…
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Pterodactylus is a genus that comes from the extinct group of Pterosaurs and is now commonly referred to as the…
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The dinosaur known as the “crocodile mimic” was incredibly fearsome in appearance. This dinosaur could get up to 36 feet…
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Can you imagine an elephant with a scoop-like jaw and a stubby trunk? That’s exactly what the extinct Platybelodon looked…
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The Troodon is a dinosaur that is distantly related to the feathered friends we see today. These prehistoric animals resembled…
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Ancient bears are some of the most fascinating creatures of the prehistoric world, and the North American Short-faced Bear was…
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Loosely translated from Greek, the Microraptor’s name means “small thief.” Scientific Classification and Evolution Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Clade Dinosauria…
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Prehistoric pigs like the Daeodon looked nothing like the farmyard pigs we know today. The Daeodon lived during the Oligocene…
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There are few dinosaurs as recognizable and fascinating as the ferocious Tyrannosaurus Rex. Well-known by its scientific name, T. rex,…
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If you ever did a school report on dinosaurs, or watched the movie Jurassic Park, then you know the famous…
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The Ceratosaurus was a Therapod: a dinosaur characterized by hollow bones and three toes and claws on each limb. It’s…
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As one of the most recognizable dinosaurs, the popular Brachiosaurus was a well-known herbivore that liked to munch on leaves…