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2023-08-03 @ 20.07.54 ∈ Suomeksi

Suuret muinaiseläimet | Löytyi sinivalaan haastaja – muinainen valas on ollut painonsa puolesta suurin eläin
Perucetuksen arvioidaan olleen 17–20 metriä pitkä. […] Muinaisen valaan luiden massa arvioidaan kuitenkin 5,3–7,6 tonniksi. Kun tähän lisätään valaan elimet ja rasvat, päästään jättivalaan painossa suurimmillaan jopa 340 tonniin.
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2023-05-16 @ 17.37.02 ∈ In English

Butterfly tree of life reveals an origin in North America
About 100 million years ago, a group of trendsetting moths started flying during the day rather than at night, taking advantage of nectar-rich flowers that had co-evolved with bees. This single event led to the evolution of all butterflies.
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2022-10-21 @ 20.31.56 ∈ In English

(From June)

Fossil-finding ants amass huge haul of ancient creatures
Paleontologists have just discovered 10 new species of ancient mammal thanks to the tiny mound-building insects.
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2022-01-13 @ 19.58.39 ∈ In English

Ichthyosaur: Huge fossilised ‘sea dragon’ found in Rutland reservoir
The creature lived more than 90 million years ago and its remains were found poking out of the mud.
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2019-04-04 @ 20.22.57 ∈ Suomeksi

Tutkijat löysivät 42,6 miljoonaa vuotta sitten eläneen neliraajaisen valaan, joka pystyi kävelemään myös maalla - Tekniikan Maailma
Tutkijat ovat löytäneet 42,6 miljoonaa vuotta vanhan valaan jäänteet Perun rannikolta Etelä-Amerikasta. Sen sormissa ja varpaissa olevien pienten sorkkien sekä eläimen lonkan ja raajojen muodoista tutkijat ovat päätelleet, että eläin on pystynyt liikkumaan veden lisäksi myös maalla. Eläin oli jopa n…
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2019-03-22 @ 8.42.07 ∈ In English

A new treasure trove of Cambrian secrets unearthed
Researchers have discovered an early Cambrian fossil assemblage located along the bank of the Danshui River in China. t contains more than 50 previously undescribed animal species, they say. According to the results, this new fossil assemblage has the potential to rival important, previously described Cambrian sites, such as the Burgess Shale.
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2018-12-25 @ 10.40.24 ∈ In English

No, Cretaceous sharks did not leap from the water to eat flying pterosaurs
As I've outlined here, this is entirely false, and not representative of our ideas at all. Any hope that our paper could be used to broadly communicate some cool ideas about pterosaur ecology, the role of sharks as important predators throughout the Mesozoic, or even the simple fact that pterosaurs could likely swim has been lost behind ridiculous headlines based on erroneous readings of my picture.