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TULSA, Okla. — A documentary about disappearing wildlife is making its way back to Tulsa. Tonight at Circle Cinema, you can watch a special screening of "Where Did the Horny Toad Go?" — a documentary ...

A piece of rock that rolled off a geological formation in Brazil held the key to the discovery of a new prehistoric species. Giaretta, et al (2025) Papers in Paleontology The summaries below were ...

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Scientists found a “horned” creature with “large” “reddish” eyes in a “very cold” stream in China and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Wang, Chen, Chen, Huang, Peng, Peng, Gao, Chen ...

In a mountain forest of central China, a “horned” creature perched in a “very cold” stream and called out. Its “large” “reddish” eyes scanned the nearby stones, but it wasn’t the only one looking ...