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The World’s Most Powerful Ocean Current Required More Than Just Shifting Continents To Kick Into GearA simulation of the proto-Antarctic Circumpolar Current during the Eocene-Oligocene transition, with red showing the fastest currents, and blue the slowest, when Australia was much further south.

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The World’s Most Powerful Ocean Current Required More Than Just Shifting Continents To Kick Into GearA simulation of the proto-Antarctic Circumpolar Current during the Eocene-Oligocene transition, with red showing the fastest currents, and blue the slowest, when Australia was much further south.
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The World’s Most Powerful Ocean Current Required More Than Just Shifting Continents To Kick Into Gear

clock-iconApril 6, 2026

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This Wonderfully Well-Preserved Fossil From 34 Million Years Ago Shows The Earliest Emperor ButterflyFossil of the new species Apaturoides monikae, a rare butterfly fossil.

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This Wonderfully Well-Preserved Fossil From 34 Million Years Ago Shows The Earliest Emperor ButterflyFossil of the new species Apaturoides monikae, a rare butterfly fossil.
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This Wonderfully Well-Preserved Fossil From 34 Million Years Ago Shows The Earliest Emperor Butterfly

clock-iconApril 3, 2026

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Newly Discovered 26-Million-Year-Old Whale Was “Deceptively Cute”, With A Tiny Body But A Big BiteJanjucetus dullardi calf and mother

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Newly Discovered 26-Million-Year-Old Whale Was “Deceptively Cute”, With A Tiny Body But A Big BiteJanjucetus dullardi calf and mother
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Newly Discovered 26-Million-Year-Old Whale Was “Deceptively Cute”, With A Tiny Body But A Big Bite

clock-iconAugust 13, 2025
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Incredible Fossil Of 38-Million-Year-Old Entangled Snakes Discovered In WyomingLarge slab of stone with beautifully preserved snake fossils showing the skull and vertebrae and ribs on top of it. On a black background.

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Incredible Fossil Of 38-Million-Year-Old Entangled Snakes Discovered In WyomingLarge slab of stone with beautifully preserved snake fossils showing the skull and vertebrae and ribs on top of it. On a black background.
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Incredible Fossil Of 38-Million-Year-Old Entangled Snakes Discovered In Wyoming

clock-iconJuly 26, 2024
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Tooth Discovered On Australian Beach Came From A Shark Twice As Big As A Great Whitearticle image

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Tooth Discovered On Australian Beach Came From A Shark Twice As Big As A Great Whitearticle image
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Tooth Discovered On Australian Beach Came From A Shark Twice As Big As A Great White

clock-iconAugust 9, 2018

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Scientists Have Discovered A New Species Of Ancient Dolphin In Ecuadorarticle image

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Scientists Have Discovered A New Species Of Ancient Dolphin In Ecuadorarticle image
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Scientists Have Discovered A New Species Of Ancient Dolphin In Ecuador

clock-iconDecember 21, 2017

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Ancient Monkey Blood Found Fossilized In Amberarticle image

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Ancient Monkey Blood Found Fossilized In Amberarticle image
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Ancient Monkey Blood Found Fossilized In Amber

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New Primate Fossils Reveal How Climate Change Assured The Rise Of Humanityarticle image

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New Primate Fossils Reveal How Climate Change Assured The Rise Of Humanityarticle image
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New Primate Fossils Reveal How Climate Change Assured The Rise Of Humanity

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Giant Ducks Once Roamed Australiaarticle image

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Giant Ducks Once Roamed Australiaarticle image
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Giant Ducks Once Roamed Australia

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