The 507-year-old “Ming” clam was the oldest reliably aged individual non-colonial animal known
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 10, 2026
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New Thai sauropod was estimated at 25–28 tonnes and about 27 metres long
By Brendan Brown · Jul 10, 2026
Pando, a single quaking aspen in Utah, is one organism made of roughly 47,000 genetically identical stems sharing one root system across…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 10, 2026
Barbara Sherwood Lollar of the University of Toronto tasted water that had been sealed in rock three kilometres below a Canadian mine for…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 10, 2026
The story of edible 3,000-year-old tomb honey is poorly documented, but honey really does resist spoilage
By Brendan Brown · Jul 10, 2026
Greenland sharks can live more than 400 years, which means some of the ones cruising the North Atlantic today were already swimming when…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Jul 9, 2026
The oldest known piece of Earth is a crystal barely wider than a hair, found in the hills of Western Australia
By Brendan Brown · Jul 9, 2026
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By ScienceBlog.com · Jun 26, 2026
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By ScienceBlog.com · Jun 25, 2026
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By ScienceBlog.com · Jun 25, 2026
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By ScienceBlog.com · Jun 25, 2026
Pterosaur Wings Were Probably Far More Varied Than Reconstructions Suggest
By ScienceBlog.com · Jun 23, 2026