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Giant Sloths and Many Other Massive Creatures Were Once Common on Our Planet. With Environmental Changes, Such Giants Could Thrive Again
The largest sloth of all time was the size of an elephant. Known to paleontologists as Eremotherium, the shaggy giant ...
It’s not Jurassic Park. What ‘de-extinction’ actually means
Lord of the Rings' filmmaker Peter Jackson is backing a project to resurrect New Zealand's extinct giant moa. But if it doesn't look like Jurassic Park, then what does 'de-extinction' actually mean?
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11 Whale Shark Facts You Probably Didn’t Know
The Georgia Aquarium describes a whale shark’s throat as the size of a quarter, though others say it can be as large as a ...
Peter Jackson, Maoris, Colossal To De-Extinct World’s Largest Bird
The giant moa has been extinct for 900 years, but Maori researchers working Colossal Biosciences and filmmaker Peter Jackson ...