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The carcass of the animal – with most of its flesh and organs removed – was discovered in Allenhurst, New Jersey. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center, which responds to reports of dead or ...

Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a population size of roughly 200,000 to little more than 300. The most recent ...

Scientists have identified Uncus dzaugisi, the oldest ecdysozoan fossil from the Precambrian period, confirming long-held ...