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Asylum seeker allowed to stay in Britain over fears of wicked stepmother
A judge ruled that an illegal immigrant would likely be punished by his stepmother for fleeing his home country, and ...
Scientists have figured out how extinct giant ground sloths got so big and where it all went wrong
Most of us are familiar with sloths, the bear-like animals that hang from trees, live life in the slow lane, take a month to ...
Nature reserve fire a tragedy, says councillor
An operation to tackle a large fire which tore through a nature reserve on the outskirts of York has been scaled back. At its ...
Charles Dewhurst, entomologist whose work on the armyworm helped to save crops in Africa
Charles Dewhurst, who has died aged 78, was a professional entomologist who worked around the world on projects from ...
Paleontologists discover ‘moth-like’ predator ‘the size of your index finger’ that lived 506M years ago
Paleontologists recently discovered a 506-million-year-old “moth-like” predator that lurked in prehistoric Canada. In a press ...
Three-Eyed “Sea-Moth” Predator From 506 Million Years Ago Stuns Scientists
Meet Mosura fentoni, a bizarre 506-million-year-old "sea-moth" with three eyes, claws, and an abdomen full of gills.
Ancient three-eyed predator was ‘unlike any living animal’
Paleontologists have discovered fossils of a 506 million-year-old tiny three-eyed predator nicknamed the “sea moth,” ...
Butt-breathing sea predator that roamed the ocean 500 million years ago discovered
Researchers have discovered an ancient moth-like sea predator in a treasure trove of museum fossils in Canada. The ...
Prehistoric predator — with three eyes — found as new species in Canada. See it
Evidence of this explosion is present throughout the Burgess Shale, leading to its establishment as a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1981, NPS said. Yoho National Park is in the Canadian Rockies of ...