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Animals are pretty metal today, and of the many kinds that exist, we mammals are pretty cool, but how do we stack up against the 'coolest' group ever, the dinosaurs? Welcome to the Dino/Mammal Olympi…
If you thought the Nile crocodile was scary, wait until you hear about the Cuban crocodile - hunter of megafauna, and galloper of lands.
If you thought great whites were bad, just wait until you hear about these guys...
Amber might not be able to bring back dinosaurs, but what it can do might be even more impressive...
Looks like Simba's got some explaining to do
Dinosaurs may have fallen 66 million years ago, marking the end of an era and ushering in an age which would eventually come to be known as the age of mammals. But the journey to get there wasn't as …
Think you know camels? Think again. They didn’t come from deserts, their humps don't hold water, and they're certainly not the boring pack animal you've heard about - these are freaks turned mammals.
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If you thought 1000 ways to die was bad, wait until you hear about these prehistoric guys...
Beneath Germany’s shale, workers uncovered fossils that shouldn’t exist...or at least it would seem so. Instead what was found was proof of evolutions strangest (but perhaps most logical) habit.
Deep in a South African cave, scientists uncovered a human species unlike any other - small, strange, and seemingly out of place in time. Who were they, what were they doing there, and why do their b…
Immortality, wouldn't it be nice? Well, for some animals out there, they don't actually have to wonder, as thanks to some nifty evolution, they have in some ways figured out how to beat death!
All your perfect first date icebreakers in less than 21 minutes, what more could you ask for?
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Warm breeze, palm trees, and good ol crocodiles, just some of the things you might imagine when picturing a tropical paradise, and yet I am talking about Antartica, confused? Well, I am not talking a…
When an animal is declared extinct, we generally think that's the last we'll ever see of them. And most of the times this is true, but there are a handful of animals out there who have been declared …
Humans are a wild wild bunch, I am sure you know that, and even so I guarantee that these archeology discoveries will have you scratching your head on why on earth any would would do such things.