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last mo.

New Studies Recast Thylacine as Small‑Prey Pouncer, Not Wolf‑Like Predator

The research shows skull shape and bite mechanics better fit fast snapping on small animals, which undercuts the colony-era claim that thylacines hunted sheep.

8 ARTICLES

4mo ago

Metre-Long Scorpion Praearcturus Gigas Confirmed From Devonian Fossils

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6mo ago

Century-Old Skull Confirms Giant Echidnas Once Lived in Victoria

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8mo ago

Million-Year-Old New Zealand Cave Yields First Early Pleistocene Fauna, New Parrot

12 ARTICLES

8mo ago

Giant Ice Age Kangaroos Could Hop, Study Finds

7 ARTICLES

last yr.

Landmark Study Chronicles 35-Million-Year Evolution and Extinction of Sloths