Three-eyed predator stalked the seas 500 million years ago
8 July 2022
Stanleycaris hirpex, which lived in the Cambrian period, had two protruding eyes on the side of its head and a larger eye in the centre
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Southern fin whales have recovered to large numbers in the Antarctic
7 July 2022
Aerial surveys have found groups of up to 150 fin whales feeding near Antarctica, a sign that populations have bounced back since since the 1976 ban on hunting these whales
Meraxes gigas was a huge dinosaur with tiny arms like T. rex
7 July 2022
A dinosaur discovered in Argentina has been identified as a new species. Meraxes gigas lived 20 million years before T. rex, but had a similarly large body, sharp teeth and proportionately small arms
Bats in Germany are riddled with pesticides and toxic pollutants
6 July 2022
Tests on 387 bats from five species found that all were exposed to high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine insecticides, legacy pollutants that have long been banned
