The First Real Skeleton of a Dinosaur-Killing Crocodile
A 31-foot crocodile that ambushed dinosaurs finally has an accurate full skeleton, forty years after the search for it began.
Casey Cooper·
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A 44-year study of Alaska's North Slope reveals how thawing permafrost is flushing ancient dissolved carbon into Arctic rivers and reshaping coastal ecosystems.
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The Gourmet Mushroom That Escaped the Kitchen and Is Rewriting North America's Forests
Golden oyster mushrooms were a trendy home-grow project. Now they're an invasive species in 25 states, halving native fungal diversity wherever they land.
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A Cow Named Veronika Just Shattered What We Thought About Animal Intelligence
A 13-year-old Swiss Brown cow in Austria uses different ends of a brush depending on the body part she's scratching, a type of flexible tool use previously documented only in chimpanzees.
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Half the Insects in the Amazon Can't Survive What's Coming
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Forests Are Quietly Filling Up With Microplastics From the Sky
New research reveals that forests trap airborne plastic particles through their canopies, accumulating concentrations in soil that rival urban environments.
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Bull Sharks Have Friends, and They Choose Them Carefully
A six-year study in Fiji reveals that one of the ocean's most feared predators forms lasting social bonds, picks preferred companions, and even follows friends around the reef.
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The 2-Pound Dinosaur That Rewrote the Rules of Miniaturization
A nearly complete skeleton from Patagonia shows that alvarezsaurs shrank before they specialized, upending a core assumption about how evolution works.
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How Parasites Rewire Their Hosts' Brains
From zombie ants to fearless rats, parasites have evolved astonishingly precise methods of neural hijacking that challenge our understanding of free will and behavior.
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The Underground Cities Waiting on the Moon and Mars
Lava tubes beneath the lunar and Martian surfaces could be large enough to shelter entire settlements. Robots are already learning to explore them.
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How Microplastics Are Weakening the Ocean's Climate Defense
The ocean absorbs billions of tons of CO2 annually, our biggest ally against climate change. New research shows microplastics may be disrupting this critical process.
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Rats Are Hunting Bats, and Scientists Are Stunned
In German caves, researchers filmed rats standing upright and snatching bats from the air. It's changing what we know about rodent behavior.
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