Animal

Colossal Biosciences (Texas), In A World-First, Hatched 26 Healthy Chicks From Fully Artificial, 3D-Printed Eggs With No Natural Shell, Marking The First Complete Embryo Development Outside A Biological Egg. The Monitored Chicks Are A Major Step Toward Reviving Extinct Birds Like The Dodo And South Island Moa And Helping Endangered Species.

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Scientists Found Australia’s Oldest Crocodile Eggshells (~55Myr-old) In Queensland, From Extinct ~5m-Long Mekosuchine Crocodiles (MC). MC Dominated Waters In Forested Australia When It Was Near Antarctica; Some MCs Were Tree-Climbing “Drop Crocs” That Hunted Like Leopards. They Died Out ~3kyrs Ago Due To, E.G., Drying Habitats & Prey-Loss.

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Ibu Baron (“The Baroness”), A 7.22m Reticulated Python From Indonesia, Is The Longest Recorded Wild Snake According To Guinness World Records, Roughly The Length Of A London Bus. Weighing 96.5kg, She May Reach 7.9m When Relaxed. As A Non-Venomous Constrictor Capable Of Eating Large Prey, She Highlights Rising Human–Snake Conflict Due To Habitat Loss.

U.S Researchers Analyzed The Largest T. Rex Dataset, 17 Leg Bones, To Study Growth Rings, Revealing Hidden Annual Patterns. The Findings Show T. Rex Reached Full Adult Size (~8 Tons) Around Age 35–40, Not 20–25 As Previously Thought. They Matured Gradually Over Decades With Prolonged Adolescence, Implying Lifespans Well Beyond 40 Years.

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U.K Researchers, In A World First, Proved That European Hedgehogs Can Detect High-Frequency Sounds Up To At Least 85 KHz. This Is Thanks To Their Stiffened Middle-Ear Bones, Similar To Echolocating Bats. This May Explain Why Hedgehogs Don’t Hear Some Car Noises, Which Leads To Road Deaths. Future Ultrasound Repellers Could Help Save Them.

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Paleontologists Identified The First New Spinosaurid In Over 100 Years, Spinosaurus Mirabilis, From Niger’s Sahara. The School-Bus-Sized (15m Long) Semi-Aquatic Fish-Eater Lived 95–100 Mya And Had A Unique, Likely Keratin-Covered, Scimitar-Shaped Head Crest Unlike Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus. The Find Offers Major Insights Into Spinosaur Evolution.

Tyrannoroter Heberti, A 307-Million-Year-Old Tetrapod, Is The Earliest And Most Complete Known Herbivorous 4-Legged Land Vertebrate. Found In Carboniferous Swamps Of Nova Scotia, CA (~307 Ma), This Football-Sized Creature Had Specialized Grinding Teeth, Including On Its Palate, For Tough, High-Fiber Plants, Though It Was Likely Omnivorous

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U.S Researchers Observed Kanzi (Age 43), A Smart Bonobo, Could Play Make-Believe. He Correctly Identified Which Empty Cups “Contained” Invisible Juice 68% Of The Time And Tracked Pretend Grapes In Bowls. This Is The First Clear Proof A Non-Human Animal Can Imagine, Suggesting Imagination Dates Back 6–9 Ma. Sadly, Kanzi Died In 2025 At 44.

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U.S Scientists Discovered D. Woaabi, A New Nematode/Roundworm Species In Utah’s Great Salt Lake’s Extreme Salinity, Often ~5x Higher Than The Ocean. D. Woaabi Is The 3rd Known Animal Group (Alongside Brine Shrimp & Brine Flies) Known To Survive Such Extremes. This Discovery Sheds Light On Extremophile Biology And The Lake‘s Unique History.

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Breugnathair Elgolensis (~167 Ma) Is The Most Complete Jurassic Lizard Fossil. At 41cm, This New Squamate Species (Parviraptoridae) Bridges The Lizard-Snake Transition. Found On Skye, Scotland, In 2016, It Features Lizard Limbs But Snake-Like Jaws & Python Fangs, Proving That Specialized Feeding Traits Evolved Before Snakes Lost Their Legs.

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