Newfound 'snaky croc-face' sea monster unearthed in Wyoming

World's first wolf clone born to surrogate dog, Chinese company reveals | Hurricane Ian to reach Category 3 before hitting Cuba, turning toward West Florida | 50 million tons of water vapor from Tonga's eruption could warm Earth for years Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( September 26, 2022 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE  [Facebook]( [Twitter](  [LIVESCIENCE]( Amazing science every day [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [WEBSITE](  [] Top Science News [] [World's first wolf clone born to surrogate dog, Chinese company reveals]( [World's first wolf clone born to surrogate dog, Chinese company reveals]( (Sinogene Biotechnology Co.) A Chinese pet-cloning company has announced the birth of the world's first cloned Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos), which was carried to term by an unlikely surrogate mother — a beagle. The cloned female wolf pup, named Maya, and her beagle mother were unveiled to the world in a brief video at a press conference held Sept. 19 by the Sinogene Biotechnology Company in Beijing, according to Chinese news site Global Times. The video was released 100 days after Maya was born: on June 10 in a laboratory in Beijing, according to Sinogene representatives. Full Story: [Live Science]( (9/26) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( Just the Facts, Ma'am "I stopped watching the news, so sick of the bias. Was searching for an alternative that would just tell me WHAT happened, with NO editorializing. I found it. It's called 1440. It assumes you are smart enough to form your own opinions." [Join for free](. ADVERTISEMENT: [] Natural Disasters [] [Hurricane Ian to reach Category 3 before hitting Cuba, turning toward West Florida]( [Hurricane Ian to reach Category 3 before hitting Cuba, turning toward West Florida]( (National Hurricane Center) Hurricane Ian, the fourth hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic season, strengthened from a tropical storm into a Category 1 hurricane in the early hours of Monday morning (Sept. 26), and it's expected to continue intensifying into at least a Category 3 storm as it nears Cuba's western shore, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned. At that point, its maximum sustained winds will exceed 111 mph (178 km/h). 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Full Story: [Live Science]( (9/25) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Curious Creatures [] [Newfound 'snaky croc-face' sea monster unearthed in Wyoming]( [Newfound 'snaky croc-face' sea monster unearthed in Wyoming]( (Nathan Rogers) Millions of years ago, an enormous, long-necked marine reptile undulated through the waters of an ancient seaway in what is now Wyoming, whipping its snaky neck back and forth and using its crocodilelike jaws to snap up fish and other small sea creatures. Paleontologists discovered fossils of this sinuous sea monster in 1995 during a dig in the minimally explored uppermost portion of Pierre Shale, a geological formation dating to the Upper Cretaceous period (approximately 101 million to 66 million years ago). And unlike other plesiosaurs, this animal had physical characteristics that set it apart from other members of this extinct clade of marine reptiles. 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