Picture shows a scientist to examine the footprints found in Caleta de los Loros y Pozo Salado, Argentina, undated. The analysis of the footprints confirmed that its age is 8 million years, belonging to the Late Miocene era in which the dinosaurs were extinct and it was given the scientific name Rionegrina pozosaladensis. (Gobierno de Rio Negro/Newsflash)

Archaeologists Uncover Stunning Fossil Footprint Of Giant Bird That Roamed Atlantic Coast Eight Million Years Ago

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:October 9, 2023

Archaeologists in Argentina have uncovered a stunning fossil footprint of a giant bird that roamed the Atlantic coast about eight million years ago. The ancient bird, known as 'Rionegrina pozosaladensis',…

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Picture shows the reconstruction of a new species of prehistoric amphibian, undated. It lived 100,000 years ago, the species inhabited the region during the Pleistocene in San Pedro, Argentina. (Museo Paleontologico Fray Manuel de Torres/Newsflash)

Scientists Unearth Ancient New Frog Fossil

• Post author:Ana Lacasa
• Post published:September 9, 2023

A new species of ancient wide-mouthed frog once prey to caveman hunters 100,000 years ago has been unearthed by scientists in Argentina. Fossil hunters discovered the remains of the amphibian's…

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Photo shows artistic interpretation of the general aspect of the woodpecker whose fossil was found in San Pedro, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Museo Paleontologico de San Pedro/Newsflash)

Nearly Complete Fossil Dating Back 200,000 Years Discovered In Argentina

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:August 26, 2023

A nearly complete fossil of a woodpecker dating back 200,000 years has been discovered in Argentina. It was discovered in a sandstone quarry near San Pedro, about 170 kilometres (105…

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Diego Barra, 32, poses in an undated photo. His remains were found inside a shark caught by fishermen in the area where he disappeared in Chubut, Argentina. (Virginia Brugger/Newsflash)

Man’s Remains Found In Shark’s Stomach

• Post author:Simona Kitanovska
• Post published:March 1, 2023

Chewed-up human remains in a shark's stomach have been identified as a 32-year-old man who had been missing for eight days. Horrified fishermen found the remains while they were gutting…

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Photo shows dogs rescued from a house in Santa Lucia, San Juan, Argentina, undated. The owner of the animals reportedly sacrificed dogs and cats to "absorb their energy and not age". (@FundPatitas/Newsflash)

Woman Slaughtered Cats And Dogs ‘For Eternal Life’

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:February 22, 2023

Police in Argentina were horrified to find butchered animal parts in a woman's fridge and dying cats and dogs crammed into her home. Officials in San Juan Province believe she…

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Isabella, 4, poses in undated photo. She has had had a high fever for more than four months and the doctors in the province still cannot diagnose her, in Corrientes, Argentina. (@veronicagabrielariver/Newsflash)

No Cure For Mystery Fever After Four Months Of Pain

• Post author:Simona Kitanovska
• Post published:February 22, 2023

A four-year-old girl is baffling medics with a four-month-long fever and a string of other agonising conditions. Little Isabella Rivero - from the city of Corrientes, in the Argentinian province…

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Spanish tourist Juan Florez Estada, 39, poses in the last photo he shared on social media before he died, undated . He fell off a cliff while taking a photo and died in Mar de Plata, Argentina, on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (CEN)

Tourist Plummeted From Cliff Edge Having Photo Taken

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:January 20, 2023

A tourist plunged nearly 40 feet to his death while having his photograph taken on a cliff edge in Argentina. Victim Juan Florez Estada, 39, had asked another tourist to…

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Picture shows two green turtles (Chelonia mydas) that were returned to the sea on the beaches of San Clemente del Tuyu, Argentina, on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. They were rescued after getting caught in the nets of fishermen and rehabilitated. (Fundacion Mundo Marino/Newsflash)

Rescued Endangered Turtles Teach Beachgoers Grim Truth Of Pollution

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:January 11, 2023

Marine life experts use two endangered turtles rescued from plastic pollution and fishing nets to educate beachgoers in Argentina. The green sea turtles were rescued after becoming caught in artisanal…

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A Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta Caretta) is returned to the sea in San Clemente, Argentina, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. Three Loggerhead sea turtle were rescued from the nets of a fishermen who collaborates with the rescue centre, examined, treated and released. (Mundo Marino/Newsflash)

Endangered Loggerheads Released Back Into Sea

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:January 5, 2023

Three endangered loggerhead sea turtles have been returned to the sea after they were rescued from fishing nets off the coast of Argentina. Experts from Fundacion Mundo Marino set the…

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Nurse Brenda Aguero, poses with unidentified woman, undated. She is accused of the death of at least five newborn babies between March and June of this year in Cordoba, Argentina. (Newsflash)

Serial Killer Looked Up Lethal Doses Online

• Post author:Alice Amelia Thomas
• Post published:November 7, 2022

A nurse accused of murdering five newborn babies and trying to kill eight more looked up lethal doses of potassium and insulin on the internet, said prosecutors in Argentina. Police…

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