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In the creature-eat-creature world of nature, avoiding predators is a high-stakes game that requires ingenuity. Exhibit A: spiders that disguise themselves as ants to stay alive.
When sticky tree resin hardens and fossilizes, it turns into amber and its less mature cousin copal. As these materials solidify, they often trap life forms, offering a fascinating window into the distant past. Poinar is something of resin royalty, having studied everything from amber-preserved insects to
To do that, ant-mimicking spiders typically reposition their two front legs to look like antennae. But that’s not all the morphing they need to do to outrun predatory birds, lizards, insects and fellow spiders.
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World’s oldest known fossilized forest discovered in EnglandLaura is a science news writer, covering a wide variety of subjects, but she is particularly fascinated by all things aquatic, paleontology, nanotechnology, and exploring how science influences daily life. Laura is a proud former resident of the New Jersey shore, a competitive swimmer, and a fierce defender of the Oxford comma.
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390 million-year-old fossilized forest is the oldest ever discoveredSascha is a U.K.-based trainee staff writer at Live Science. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Southampton in England and a master’s degree in science communication from Imperial College London. Her work has appeared in The Guardian and the health website Zoe.
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390-million-year-old fossilized forest found in the UKThe forest fossil predates those unearthed in Cairo and New York in the United States by four to five million years.
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Fossilized Crab Claw Unearthed in New ZealandThe largest fossilized crab claw ever found has been discovered on Waitoetoe beach in New Zealand. The claw measures around 15 cm, making it the biggest cheliped ever discovered. The fossilized remains were found in silt layers left by a volcanic outburst from the Mohakatino Volcanic Centre, which was active millions of years ago.
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– Scientists Discover World’s Oldest Fossilized ForestScience, Space and Technology News 2024
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Scientists discover fossilized remnants of earliest known forest“This was a pretty weird forest,” a Cambridge University researcher said of the 390-million-year-old fossils.
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