Geologists May Have Discovered Earth’s First Animals

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology analysed chemical fossils from more than 541 million years ago.

Sea sponges may have been Earth’s first living creatures

At a certain point in Earth’s distant past, the planet’s assortment of organic molecules and compounds aligned to create the very first living organisms. The identity of these first living things ...
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How My Kids Found Their Sea Legs: Scuba Diving In Oman

Pristine reefs, calm waters and abundant marine life make Oman perfect for scuba diving, says Lucy Cleland. Oman Is The Latest Scuba Diving Hotspot – And It’s Teen-Approved It was either four legs or ...

The first animals on Earth may have been sea sponges, chemical fossils suggest

A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth were likely ancestors of the modern sea sponge.
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House fire in Hastings; police and firefighters in attendance

Emergency services are attending a house fire in Hastings. Fire and Emergency NZ received a call about the fire on Tamatea St about 2.40pm on Monday, in the suburb of Mahora. A Fire and Emergency NZ ...

6 fun photos to celebrate Sea Otter Awareness week

Despite almost being hunted to the brink of extinction, sea otters in the United States are seeing an important recovery. Sea Otter Awareness Week offers us another opportunity to ...