Animal world
Detecting tadpole originated 200 million years
Living fossils of new long-tailed tadpoles were discovered after heavy rains flooded many areas in northern China.
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Animal world
Found the world's oldest living fossils
A rare species of shrimp is believed to be the world's oldest animal discovered by scientists scouring at Scotland's Caerlaverock Nature Reserve.
Animal world
Found 'living fossils' of ghost sharks
Very few people in the world have ever heard of an extremely rare species called ghost shark. But the Japanese discovered an ancient creature alive, and even played in a…
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Close-up of the bizarre
The British snail (Nautilus pompilus) is considered by the scientific community as a
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Portrait of 12 living fossils
These strange creatures still exist today, although their shape is almost no evolutionary than hundreds of millions of years ago.
Medicine - Health
Gene can cure paralysis in fiends
Sardines and humans share some genes. These genes allow healing of spinal cord lesions in stone grouper, so if you find a way to activate similar genes in humans.