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Tyrannoroter heberti is a 307-million-year-old land vertebrate that may have been one of the earliest animals to consume plants. Most land vertebrates of that time were predators, feeding on insects or smaller animals. Fossil evidence indicates that T. heberti had features suggesting it also ate plant matter.The fossilised skull of T. heberti was discovered in…
This sea creature survived for over 500 years beneath the Atlantic Ocean (Image Source – Museum Wales) Cold Atlantic waters do not often produce headlines, yet one clam drawn from the seabed near Iceland shifted scientific records. In 2006, researchers collected a specimen later named Ming. At first, growth rings on its shell suggested an…
Colombian sea creature reveals origins of complex ocean life 500 million years ago (Credit: Enric Sala, National Geographic Pristine Seas) Scientists working in Colombian waters have documented 15 species of comb jellies, translucent marine animals known scientifically as ctenophores, including six not previously recorded in the region. The findings come from surveys led by researchers…
Meet the slow worm slithering across the garden like a tiny liquid shadow. A legless lizard, experts say, that somehow manages to fool everyone. Kids scream, gardeners blink, and people step over it thinking it’s a harmless snake. It’s long, smooth, scaly, and might sniff the air with its little tongue. It eats slugs, worms,…
Dive into the enchanting world of the octopus, an extraordinary marine wonder with eight flexible arms and a unique circulatory system featuring three hearts. Two hearts diligently direct blood to its gills, while the third one delivers oxygen-rich, strikingly blue blood throughout its intricate body. Hidden under rocks and coral lives a sea creature that…
