Tropical giant penguin discovered
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Scientists find the fossil of a giant penguin which lived 36 million years ago in the tropics of what is now Peru.
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Researchers in a remote jungle in Indonesia have discovered a giant rat and a tiny possum that are apparently new to science, underscoring the stunning biodiversity of the Southeast Asian nation, scientists said Monday.
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Sea spiders, tiny "shrimp," and giant barnacles are among the potential new species discovered where a vast ice shelf used to be.
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Science & environment: Giant sea creatures have been found by Australian scientists in the deep waters around Antarctica
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New Zealand fishermen may have caught the largest Colossal squid ever found -- weighing around 450kg (992 pounds) and with rings the size of tyres.
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New Zealand fishermen may have caught the largest Colossal squid ever found -- weighing around 450kg (992 pounds) and with rings the size of tires.
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THE DISCOVERY: A University of Pittsburgh geology student on a field trip stumbles across the fossil of an oversized, salamander-like creature that lived about 300 million years ago.
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SANTIAGO, Chile - Two Andean condors, considered the world's largest flying bird, were set free on Tuesday in the Andes foothills just east of Santiago by veterinarians of the Santiago Metropolitan Zoo.
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A new species of flightless bird has been discovered on Calayan, a remote island in the Philippines, by an Anglo Filipino expedition.
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Uruguayan scientists have uncovered fossil evidence of the biggest species of rodent ever found, more than eight feet long and weighing between 1,700 and 3,000 pounds.
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Giant penguins as tall as 5 feet roamed what is now Peru more than 40 million years ago, much earlier than scientists thought the flightless birds had spread to warmer climes. Known mostly for their presence in Antarctica, penguins today live in many islands in the Southern Hemisphere, some even near the equator.
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The fossilised remains of a giant bird-like dinosaur have been uncovered in the region of Inner Mongolia, China.
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Paleontologists have discovered the skull of the giant panda&#39;s earliest known ancestor, a &quot;pygmy-sized&quot; bear that lived in south China about two million years ago, according to a study released Monday.
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An extremely rare whale with a beak like a dolphin found dead on a Byron Bay beach has excited Australia&#39;s marine researchers.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A fishing crew has caught a colossal squid that could weigh a half-ton and prove to be the biggest specimen ever landed, a fisheries official said yesterday.
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Scientists discover a new group of giant apes in central Africa, which could be a new species of primate.
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BRISBANE, Australia - The body of a whale resembling a giant dolphin that washed up on an eastern Australian beach has intrigued local scientists, who agreed Wednesday that it is rare but are not sure just how rare.