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Scientists found a fossilized skull of an ancient animal called Elasmotherium sibiricum, and it might be the closest thing to a real unicorn that ever existed. This animal lived around 30,000 years ...

Imagine a serpent as long as a small plane, weighing over a ton! This was Titanoboa, the prehistoric king of the Amazon.

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While diving in the waters of Fiordland, off the coast of New Zealand’s South Island, researchers were amazed to discover an enormous black coral. The coral is thought to be among the largest ever ...

Researchers have wondered whether Praearcturus gigas was a giant crustacean called an isopod or some other creature. A new ...

Here, the line between the natural world and the stories people tell themselves begins to blur. It’s easy to imagine how ...

In a new paper, researchers examine the possibility of other consciousnesses that take on forms far beyond our imagination.

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Imagine finding hundreds of alligators living happily in Colorado, which is thousands of miles away from any natural swamp.