Previously, the long-nosed amphibian was known colloquially as the “Pinocchio frog.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Queensland Museum (@qldmuseum) on Jun 9, 2019 at 9:56pm PDT ...

What has a long nose and has gone extinct? Pinocchio Rex, of course! Not to be confused with Pinocchio, the wooden boy who could not tell a lie, or Tyrannosaurus rex, the terrifying monster at the ...

Pinocchio, that lying rascal, would seem a ready-made icon for an age of fake news and bots, of alternative facts and internet trolls, of doubts about the reliability of conventional media. Can it ...