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Dolphins: Facts about the intelligent marine mammals that use tools to hunt
By Jess Thomson published
Discover interesting facts about how dolphins sleep, if they're dangerous, and what they eat.

Whales: Facts about the largest animals on Earth
By Jess Thomson published
Discover interesting facts about whales, how big they can get, and how they track down their prey.

Dinosaurs: Facts about the reptiles that roamed Earth more than 66 million years ago
By Jess Thomson published
Discover interesting facts about when dinosaurs lived, why they died and how big they got

Rare mammoth tusk found on West Texas ranch
By Patrick Pester published
Researchers have excavated a rare mammoth tusk discovered by a hunter on a West Texas ranch.

340 million-year-old 'nail tooth' shark found deep inside Mammoth Cave in Kentucky
By Patrick Pester published
Scientists have found ancient nail tooth shark fossils deep inside Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, revealing new information about a mysterious group of extinct predators.

166 million-year-old fossil found on Isle of Skye belongs to pony-size dinosaur from Jurassic
By Jess Thomson published
A fossil that was first discovered over 50 years ago has finally been identified as a dinosaur that lived around 166 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period.

Megalodon may have grown up to 80 feet long — far larger than previous estimates
By Jess Thomson published
New study suggests megalodons may have grown 15 feet longer than some previous estimates, had enormous babies, and didn't look like supersized great white sharks.

Do 'elephant graveyards' really exist?
By Emma Bryce published
Stories of vast graveyards where elephants go to die only scratch the surface of the fascinating death-related behaviors in these mammals.
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