Ashli Cardone

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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Australian Researchers Made A World-First Discovery In A Lab Study Of 60 Captive Endangered Alpine Tree Frogs (Litoria Verreauxii Alpina). They Found That Frogs Infected With Chytrid Fungus Jumped ~24% Farther Than Healthy Frogs By Week Six, Potentially Aiding The Fungus Spread Or Allowing The Frog To Find Mate Faster & Mate Before Death.

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Scientists Discovered The World’s First Natural Fiber-Optic Cables In Heart Cockle Shells. Aragonite Tube Bundles And Microlenses In The Shell Focus Sunlight To Symbiotic Algae That Feed The Clam, While Blocking UV. Unlike Man-Made Fibers, No Coatings Are Needed To Trap Light. The Clam May Inspire Cheaper Optics, UV Protection, & Adv Tech.

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U.K Scientists Found The Oldest Known Lepidosaur (Lizard Relative) In Devon, England. The Palm-Sized Agriodontosaurus Helsbypetrae Lived ~242 Myr Ago In The Middle Triassic. Synchrotron CT Scans Revealed An Insect-Eating Predator With Large Triangular Blade-Like Teeth And Unique Skull Features, Extending The Lepidosaur Record By 3–7 Myrs.

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In A First, Researchers In Norway Filmed The Full Process Of Wild Orca Birth. Drone Footage Showed Mostly Female & Juvenile Pod Members Lifting A Limp Newborn For ~15 Mins To Help It Breathe Until It Swam. The Calf Had Fetal Folds & A Floppy Fin. Led By Mother NKW-591, The Pod Showed Midwife-Like Care, Revealing Rare Natural Orca Behavior.

Scientists In Canada, Off BC, Recorded The First-Ever Cooperative Hunt Between Killer Whales & Pacific White-Sided Dolphins For Chinook Salmon. Dolphins Used Echolocation To Scout; While The Whales Tore The Large Prey. Whales Gain Efficient Hunting; While Dolphins Get Scraps & Potential Protection, Confirming A Mutually Beneficial Alliance.

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Anthony Albanese (62) Wed Jodie Haydon (47) In Canberra, Becoming The First Sitting Australian PM To Engage (2/14/24) & Marry (11/29/25) In The Nation’s 124-Year Federal History. The Ceremony At The Lodge Included His Son Nathan & Dog Toto (Ring Bearer), Attended By ~60 Guests. They Walked The Aisle To Stevie Wonder‘s “Signed, Sealed, Delivered.”

Japan Moves To Restart The World’s Largest Nuclear Plant, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, Since Fukushima 2011. Niigata’s Gov Approved The Partial Plant Restart On 11/21/25, The First For TEPCO (Fukushima Operator). Final Ok Needs The Assembly (Dec) & Regulator. Residents Are Split Due To TEPCO Distrust, While Japan Seeks Net-Zero & Lower Fuel Imports.

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Gustav Klimt’s Portrait Of Elisabeth Lederer (1914–16) Sold In N.Y On 11/18/25 For $236.4M, Becoming The 2nd-Costliest Artwork Only To Da Vinci’s $450.3M Salvator Mundi. It Also Set A Modern Art Sale Record, Topping Warhol’s $195M Marilyn; Became Sotheby’s Costliest Sale; Was Nazi-Looted, Rescued In 1948, & Later Owned By Estée Lauder Heir.

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USS Gerald R. Ford, The World’s Largest Warship, Has Entered The Caribbean With A Major U.S. Strike Group To Boost Regional Security & Target Drug Trafficking. With Destroyers, Aircrafts, & 4k+ Personnel, The Force Supports Ongoing Strikes That Killed 76. Ordered By President Trump, It Is The Biggest U.S. Presence In Latin America In Decades.