Author: Hei

A mysterious prehistoric “thunder beast” may have been hiding 12 feet beneath a Southern California construction site for as long as 45 million years. The remarkable fossil discovery was made this month in Oceanside, around 40 miles north of San Diego, when crews excavating for a city infrastructure project unexpectedly encountered ancient bones. Among the…

Rescue Dog Comforts Orphaned Foal After Losing His Mother

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At just nine days old, a tiny foal named Tye lost his mother. But on the same heartbreaking night, he gained an unexpected friend who refused to leave him alone. That friend was Zip, a five-year-old Australian cattle dog. Zip had never shown much interest in the horses on the property before. Although his family…

Baby Koala Hugs His Unconscious Mother During Life-Saving Surgery

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A six-month-old koala named Phantom refused to leave his injured mother’s side, even as she underwent life-saving surgery after being hit by a car. Phantom’s mother, Lizzy, was struck by a vehicle on Australia’s Warrego Highway, suffering severe facial trauma and a collapsed lung. She was rushed to the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital, where veterinarians…

Hundreds of Mammoth Skeletons Create Eerie Ice Age Graveyard Beneath Mexican Airport

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An eerie Ice Age graveyard containing the remains of hundreds of giant mammoths has been uncovered beneath the site of a new airport in Mexico. Archaeologists working north of Mexico City have unearthed around 200 mammoth skeletons, with many more believed to remain buried beneath the ground. The extraordinary concentration of fossils has transformed the…

45,000-Year-Old Mammoth Bones Reveal Humans Were Hunting in the Arctic

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A mammoth that was hunted and butchered 45,000 years ago has revealed astonishing evidence that humans were living and hunting in the Arctic thousands of years earlier than previously known. The remains were discovered in the far north of Russia, near the Kara Sea, where the harsh landscape would have presented enormous challenges to any…

Baby Owl Stranded in the Rain Is Finally Rescued by a Police Officer

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A tiny great horned owl appeared to have lost all hope when he was found alone, soaked and shivering on the ground in a Massachusetts park. A person walking their dog through a park in Longmeadow came across the helpless baby owl and immediately realized something was wrong. The young bird had apparently fallen from…

Rescued Owl GiGi Couldn’t Stop Hugging the Man Who Saved Her

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When GiGi arrived at Wild at Heart Rescue in Mississippi, the great horned owl was so sick that simply surviving seemed like a struggle. She had suffered severe head trauma, which the rescue suspected was caused by being hit by a car. GiGi also had a massive concussion, parasites throughout her body and aspergillosis, a…

39,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth Yuka Preserved in Ice Could Hold a Secret From the Ice Age

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A woolly mammoth that died nearly 39,000 years ago has been preserved so remarkably well that scientists were able to recover blood and muscle samples from her ancient body. The female mammoth, named Yuka, was discovered frozen in ice on an island near Siberia after becoming trapped in the frozen ground. Her body was found…

30,000-Year-Old Baby Woolly Mammoth Found Almost Perfectly Preserved in Yukon

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