A Forest Shaped by Giant Birds
A Forest Shaped by Giant Birds Moa were a diverse group of flightless birds unique to Aotearoa New Zealand. Some…
A Species that Returned from the Missing List
A Species that Returned from the Missing List The takahē was presumed extinct for nearly 50 years before a small…
An Octopus with a Different Way of Moving
An Octopus with a Different Way of Moving Dumbo octopuses are finned deep-sea octopods known for the ear-like fins that…
A Small Fish with Impossible-Looking Teeth
A Small Fish with Impossible-Looking Teeth The fangtooth fish is a perfect example of misleading scale. Photographs make the animal…
A Shark Shaped Like an Old Legend
A Shark Shaped Like an Old Legend The frilled shark looks less like a familiar shark and more like a…
A Common Fossil with an Uncommon Problem
A Common Fossil with an Uncommon Problem The Tully Monster, Tullimonstrum gregarium, is one of the most famous strange fossils…
A Giant That Changed the Scale of Flight
A Giant That Changed the Scale of Flight Quetzalcoatlus northropi was one of the largest flying animals ever known. Its…
A Giant Before Dinosaurs
A Giant Before Dinosaurs More than 300 million years ago, an enormous millipede-like arthropod moved across ancient forest floors. Arthropleura…
A Lake Disaster Without Flames or Lava
A Lake Disaster Without Flames or Lava In August 1986, Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a large cloud of carbon…
A Gravitational Pull Hidden Behind Our Own Galaxy
A Gravitational Pull Hidden Behind Our Own Galaxy The Milky Way is not sitting still. Our local region of the…