WhileWhatcheerialooks like a giant salamander, it isn’t one — it’s a “stem tetrapod,” an early four-legged critter that’s part of the lineage that eventually evolved into the four-limbed animals alive today. “Whatcheeriais more closely related to livingtetrapodslike amphibians and rep...
Some of the most puzzling reptiles alive today are the amphisbaenians, or "worm lizards"--tiny, legless, earthworm-sized lizards that bear an uncanny resemblance to blind, cave-dwelling snakes. Until recently, paleontologists were unsure where to fit amphisbaenians on the reptile family tree; ...
What’s worse is that dragonflies weren’t the only animals to reach these crazy sizes. Can you imagine coming home and seeing cockroaches that were even bigger than the ones we have today? Bigger sizes meant less oxygen absorbed. Perhaps it was out of necessity that these insects grew so ...
whose somewhat short, blunt canines, though bigger than those of any large cat alive today, don't merit its inclusion in the true saber-tooth camp. Even so, Dinofelis was a continuing menace to other mammals of its time, including
可能是人们对于狩猎成果丰硕的某种期待For example, a painting filled with various animals may be the expectation of a fruitful hunt,而在今天,我们仍然会把对于未来的美好期待写下来或者画下来贴在一个地方We still write down or draw our expectations for the future and paste them in one place today。
Discover the 25 Rarest Birds Still on the Planet Today Rare and unique birds exist on every continent on the planet. Human encroachment has endangered some of these species, while… 5 Birds With Teeth Animals evolved different types of teeth depending on what kind of food they eat. Genera...
Utah is a time capsule with a direct link to a group of animals that I absolutely adored as a kid and am still fascinated with today. Although it wasn’t the primary theme of this trip, there was never any doubt once we got there that we were firmly in the land of the dinosaurs…...
Henson--who is developing other TV shows, including some with puppets, and is creating the animals for Columbia Pictures’ film version of Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods”--eventually expects the “Dinosaurs” TV series to sell around the world. Jacobs envisions foreign countries dubbing ...
A:Um, I would say “iconic” rather than popular. I think one of the reasons I’ve captured the public’s imagination is my funky style. I have the body of some large land animals that are still alive today, such as a rhinoceros, but I have a parrot-shaped nose. I’m also the ...
The Industrial Revolution was one of the greatest shifts in human society, the only other shift being its equal (so far at least) was when humans began domesticating plants and animals leading to the birth of agriculture. However, while agriculture emerged independently across the world over a ...