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Giant deep-sea amphipod Alicella gigantea discovered to be globally widespread, not rare as previously believed.

The islands and atolls of the western Indian Ocean once teemed with giant tortoises that weighed as much as 600 pounds and ...

The giant ape — an herbivore with a fondness for fruit — appeared in modern-day China about 2 million years ago. But, several hundred thousand years ago, it mysteriously went extinct ...

The giant apes didn't vanish quickly, but likely went extinct sometime between 215,000 and 295,000 years ago, the researchers found. While smaller apes may have been able to climb trees to search ...

The giant apes, which likely resembled modern ... Most of what scientists know about the extinct great apes comes from studying fossil teeth and four large lower jaw bones, all found in southern ...