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Benji Paysnoe (NEW YORK) — A new species of ancient shark has been discovered at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, officials said. Named Macadens olsoni, the fossils were found in the Ste. Genevieve Formation, dating back approximately 340 to 335 million years to when Mammoth Cave was submerged in a warm, shallow sea teeming […]

danilovi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Scientists have discovered at least four new species of octopus in the deep waters of a 100-square-mile area near Costa Rica, officials from the Schmidt Ocean Institute said on Tuesday. An international team of scientists aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor (too) discovered the new species last year during two […]