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New insights into how the neck vertebrae of elephant sharks naturally become fused could help researchers to understand how neck development can go wrong in people affected by disease. In a paper ...

The elephant shark, a fish with a trunk-like snout found in the waters off southern Australia and New Zealand, is like a “living fossil,” its genome hardly changed since it first evolved 400 ...

Over two decades ago, a team from the University of Jammu uncovered the giant fossilized skull of an extinct elephant species in India’s Kashmir Valley. The remains were uncovered along with 87 ...

A fossilized elephant skull found in the Kashmir Valley is reshaping how scientists understand an ancient giant’s past. Discovered in 2000 from the Karewa sediments near Pampore, the skull ...

Researchers have discovered the nearly complete remains of a Eurasian straight-tusked elephant that died about 300,000 years ago. Skip to main content. Open menu ... numerous vertebrae and ribs, ...

The first elephant bird to ever be described, Aepyornis maximus, was also believed to be the largest, measuring nearly 10 feet high and weighing up to 1,000 pounds.

A fossilized elephant skull found in the Kashmir Valley is reshaping how scientists understand an ancient giant’s past. Discovered in 2000 from the Karewa sediments near Pampore, the skull ...