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The Six-Metre Skull of a Blue Whale

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Vertebrae of the Blue Whale

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The bed of the Niagara has been reinforced, the floor of the falls cleared, and the natural monument is at present under no threat

The drained Niagara riverbed at the falls, with workers on a rocky ledge, a yellow excavator and pipes laid across the site.

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Engineers stopped the Niagara River before the falls in 1969 to clear rocks from its bed

In 1969 the Niagara River was stopped just above the Falls. Engineers intended to clear the riverbed of rocks, the accumulation of which threatened the very existence of the waterfall. In this, however, they did not succeed.

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Russia Takes First Place in Mammoth Tusk Exports

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Traces of bacteria 3.5 billion years old found in ancient rock in Greenland

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Battle Elephant, First World War

Two light brown fossilised Pachycephalosaurus spikes lie on an open human palm.

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Spike-like skull processes of Pachycephalosaurus and finds of its bones in America and Asia

Spikes of a Pachycephalosaurus, a herbivorous dinosaur 6-7 metres in length. The finds in America and Asia consist for the most part of skull bones, thong-like bones and spike-like projections on the skulls.

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Amargasaurus

Illustration of a furry animal with reddish-grey fur and a long tail walking along a moss-covered branch.

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Approximate reconstruction of a tiny lion, whose teeth appear in the previous photo

The previous photo shows the teeth of a tiny lion. This illustration is a reconstruction of the animal's approximate appearance

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In Australia, fragments of a lion's skeleton 70 million years old have been found

In Australia, fragments of a lion's skeleton 70 million years old have been found. This lion was the tiniest member of its family: no larger than a modern squirrel. All the same, the little fellow was a predator

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The Six-Metre Skull of a Blue Whale

Vertebrae of the Blue Whale

The bed of the Niagara has been reinforced, the floor of the falls cleared, and the natural monument is at present under no threat

Engineers stopped the Niagara River before the falls in 1969 to clear rocks from its bed

Russia Takes First Place in Mammoth Tusk Exports

Traces of bacteria 3.5 billion years old found in ancient rock in Greenland

Battle Elephant, First World War

Spike-like skull processes of Pachycephalosaurus and finds of its bones in America and Asia

Amargasaurus

Approximate reconstruction of a tiny lion, whose teeth appear in the previous photo

In Australia, fragments of a lion's skeleton 70 million years old have been found

The Bones of the Woolly Rhinoceros