The Spade-toothed whale that was found dead near an estuary in Otago province being lifted by a excavator.— New Zealand Department of Conservation/file World’s rarest whale […]
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Stegosaurus skeleton, ‘Apex’, sets new record with $44.6m sale at auction
The Stegosaurus specimen nicknamed Apex is on display at Sotheby in New York on July 10, 2024. — AFP The Stegosaurus skeleton named “Apex” has […]
Driest place on Earth comes to life with flowers after 10 years
The recent full bloom in the Atacama desert in Chile can be seen in this undated image. — AFP/File Chile’s Atacama desert, mostly known as […]
Chimps exhibit ‘snappy’ conversational style similar to humans
Two baby chimpanzees seen in this undated image.— BBC/Cat Hobaiter/file Chimpanzees, that live in the wild, can mimic each other and their exaggerated gestures may […]
Study reveals yet another similarity between humans and chimpanzees
Chimpanzees sitting on the branch of a tree. — Unsplash Scientists have already made it quite clear that chimpanzees and humans share 98.8% of the […]
Cocaine found in wild sharks off Brazil coast
Researchers hold down a broadnose sevengill shark to collect samples and measurements as a tube pumps water into the shark to assist it with breathing […]
Breaching whale capsizes boat, throws two people overboard
A humpback whale seen overturning a boat in this screenshot taken from a video.— Screengrab@BBC A breaching whale, in the United States Tuesday, overturned a […]
US court rules boneless chicken wings don’t have to be bone-free
This representational image shows a plate of chicken wings. — Unsplash An Ohio’s top court ruled that boneless chicken wings can have bones, dismissing a […]
World’s shortest train ride lasts less than 1 min — but what does it offer?
This combination of images shows the Angels Flight Railway, the world’s shortest train line in Downtown Los Angeles, US. — Instagram/@angelsflightrailway The Angels Flight Railway, the world’s […]
Unsung WWII hero AIan Turing to ‘answer questions’ of visitors in new exhibit
A notebook of British mathematician and pioneer in computer science Alan Turing is displayed in front of a photo of him during an auction preview […]