Scientists have pieced together evidence that ancient marine reptiles once swam in what is now central Colombia, and these creatures appear to have been more formidable predators than today’s mighty ...

Today's marine trophic levels cap at six, with creatures like killer whales and great white sharks. The discovery of giant marine reptile apex predators occupying a seventh trophic level ...

A new prehistoric dolphin species has been discovered ... archaic dolphins of the Chilcacetus clade, a genus of toothed whale that lived in the waters of the Pacific region and around South ...

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An artificial intelligence model has created a new protein that researchers say would have taken 500 million years to evolve in nature — if nature were capable of producing such a thing. How did ...

The humpback that washed up dead in Long Beach this week has been identified as NYC0393, a playful and spirited cetacean who had become familiar to whale watchers last summer for her acrobatic ...

Crypto whales, entities holding significant amounts of cryptocurrency, can shape market dynamics, influencing price movements, liquidity, and even governance decisions within blockchain ecosystems.

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Two rare female whales have been documented off the coast of Florida, each with a calf, marine surveyors said. The 20-year-old whale mothers, named Blackheart and Caterpillar, were seen Dec.

Jan. 24, 2025 — Researchers firmly point the finger at the South American Andes Mountains as the place where the Irish potato famine pathogen, Phtytophthora infestans, ...