A fossil unearthed on Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands National Park is drawing major attention from the paleontology community. Estimated to be between 20 and 25 million years old, the specimen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This past year brought mixed milestones for manatees: near-record deaths for young sea cows but also a bit more seagrass for ...

A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025. Even as some scientists search for signs of life beyond Earth, other researchers have ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s one thing to visit an aquarium and gaze in awe at a 1,000-pound manatee swimming just behind the glass. It’s another thing to share the same water with Florida’s sea cows, ...

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