Scientists have discovered a 400-million-year-old fossil of an organism known as Prototaxites, which does not belong to any known life form...

Scientists have discovered a 400-million-year-old fossil of an organism known as Prototaxites, which does not belong to any known life form...

A Danish fossil hunter discovered a 66-million-year-old chunk of fossilised vomit, likely from a fish that couldn't digest sea lilies.

Today we meet the American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus), known as the cocodrilo in Spanish. These crocodilians have become a hot topic in Costa Rica...

Scientists have discovered that bombesin, a hunger-regulating hormone found in humans, dates back over 500 million years and also exists in starfish...

Thousands of people are marvelling at a diamond mine's discovery of an ancient, well-preserved log. Here's why old trees turn up far below ground at...

The Japanese tourism sector has been booming in recent years. Industry insiders noted that 2030 was the official target year for Japan to receive...

Scientists suggest that 99-million-year-old wasp with a Venus flytrap-like abdomen used a unique hunting strategy to capture its hosts in prehistoric...

Highlights: Scientists traced the appetite hormone bombesin back 500 million years Starfish use a similar hormon

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