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A giant sea cow once roamed the California coast.  Its disappearance is linked to a major transformation

A giant sea cow once roamed the California coast. Its disappearance is linked to a major transformation

A huge marine mammal once roamed the California coast, floating on the surface of the ocean and grazing on nothing but plants. It weighed twice as much as a hippopotamus and had such rough, scaly skin that it was compared to the bark of a tree. The extinct sea beast, called Steller’s sea cow, has …

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Scientists from the Field Museum in Chicago have studied the remains of Whatcheeria - a six-foot-long lake creature that roamed Iowa 340 million years ago

A terrifying 6-foot-long creature with bone-crushing jaws roamed Iowa 340 million years ago

While T.rex is often called the “king of the dinosaurs”, a new study has revealed that an equally ferocious predator roamed the Earth millions of years earlier. Scientists from the Field Museum in Chicago have studied the remains of Whatcheeria – a six-foot-long lake creature that roamed Iowa 340 million years ago. According to researchers, …

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Scientists from the Field Museum in Chicago have studied the remains of Whatcheeria - a six-foot-long lake creature that roamed Iowa 340 million years ago

A terrifying 6-foot-long creature with bone-crushing jaws roamed Iowa 340 million years ago

While T.rex is often called the “king of the dinosaurs”, a new study has revealed that an equally ferocious predator roamed the Earth millions of years earlier. Scientists from the Field Museum in Chicago have studied the remains of Whatcheeria – a six-foot-long lake creature that roamed Iowa 340 million years ago. According to researchers, …

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Two horses, a foal and its mother stand in bush shrub.

Wild horses once roamed freely on this island. Their removal has seen the boom in native species

For residents of Curtis Island, off Queensland’s central coast, it’s not uncommon to see wild horses roaming the beach, bushland or even the streets of the tiny township of Southend. “For us, they are an integral part of the island,” Kerry Freney said. “You have the ocean, you have the landscape, the beaches, and you …

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