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Scientists have uncovered surprising complexity in a tiny sensory structure found in comb jellies, some of the oldest animals on Earth.

Long before mammals dominated the land and even before the most famous dinosaurs appeared, Earth was home to a wide variety ...

Even with only jaws, Tanyka amnicola adds a new character to an ancient ecosystem that scientists are still trying to sketch ...

Tardigrades, or water bears, are remarkably resilient creatures known for surviving extreme conditions like space vacuum, ...

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller turn Bay Area author Andy Weir's novel "Project Hail Mary" into a terrific science fiction ...

The cenotes of Mexico are famous not only for their beauty, but for the archaeological finds they reveal.

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Scientists have rediscovered two tiny creatures thought extinct for more than 7,000 years in the forests of New Guinea ...

The fossil measured only 4 centimeters, nowhere near the giants that made Arthropleura famous. Yet this small specimen, found at Montceau-les-Mines in France, ended up yielding one of the missing ...