The global ocean comprises five oceans: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Southern oceans. Although it covers more than 70% of Earth’s surface, over 80% remains unexplored, and only 5% of the ocean floor has been mapped. Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, is the deepest point […]
Fossils of a giant turtle, one of the largest known, have been discovered in South America. They belong to Stupendemys geographicus, which lived approximately 5–10 million years ago during the Miocene and reached a size comparable to a car. This giant turtle measured […]
A titanosaur discovered in Argentina was described as the largest dinosaur known at the time. Patagotitan mayorum weighed approximately 69 tonnes and measured 37 metres in length, almost as long as a Boeing 737 aircraft. It could reach a height of […]
