Platypus swimming in the river

Planet Earth

When Scientists Believed the Adorable Platypus Was a Hoax

Artist impression of the stem pinniped Potamotherium valletoni in his natural, freshwater environment.

An Ancient Otter-Like Seal Used Whiskers to Find Food 23 Million Years Ago

Moros intrepidus

The Sciences

Meet Moros intrepidus: A Tiny Ancestor of Tyrannosaurus Rex

Antarctic creature

A New Antarctic Ocean Creature Walks the Line Between Beauty and Barf

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With One Citizen Science Survey, C-BARQ is Fueling Years of Research Into Dogs

Close-up of Columbian spider monkeys

What Makes a Spider Monkey So Unique, and Why They Are Endangered

Manatee whale

Is an Ancient Whale That Resembles a Massive Manatee the Heaviest Animal Ever?

Oldest jellyfish

This Predatory Jellyfish Lived Before Plants Had Even Evolved

Sharks

Environment

Almost 20 Million Years Ago, Sharks Nearly Went Extinct — Nobody Knows Why

Female chimpanzee and baby

Mind

Do Humans Have a More Curious Nature Than Our Ape Relatives?

Sabretooth cat

How a Fossil Hotspot Reveals Two New Species of Sabretooth Cat

Aerial view of a dried-up country river bed

How a Paleontologist Determines How Long a Mass Extinction Lasts

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进化

当科学家们认为可爱的鸭嘴兽是个骗局时

2300万年前，一种类似水獭的古代海豹用胡须寻找食物

认识莫罗斯·英特皮杜斯：一只非常小的霸王龙祖先

一种新的南极海洋生物，行走在美丽与恶心之间

一项公民科学调查，C-BARQ为狗狗研究提供了多年支持

是什么让蜘蛛猴如此独特，以及它们为什么濒临灭绝

一种形似巨大海牛的古代鲸鱼是有史以来最重的动物吗？

这种掠食性水母出现时，植物甚至还没有进化

近2000万年前，鲨鱼几乎灭绝——无人知晓原因

人类比我们的猿类亲戚更具好奇心吗？

化石热点如何揭示两种新的剑齿虎物种

古生物学家如何确定大灭绝持续的时间

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