New Species of Extinct Vampire-Squid-Like Vampyropod Had 10 Functional Arms
Description of exceptionally preserved fossil pushes back age of Vampyropoda by nearly 82 million years. New research led by scientists at the American Museum of…
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Description of exceptionally preserved fossil pushes back age of Vampyropoda by nearly 82 million years. New research led by scientists at the American Museum of…
New study finds a world about 146 light years away that’s not quite a planet, not quite a brown dwarf. Citizen scientists have discovered a…
New study reveals that Mylodon was an omnivore, unlike its strictly plant-eating relatives. A new study led by researchers at the American Museum of Natural…
Fossil apes can inform us about essential aspects of ape and human evolution, including the nature of our last common ancestor. In the 150 years…
New ancient DNA-based study on Madagascar crocodile suggests that modern crocodiles likely originated in Africa. A study led by scientists at the American Museum of…
120-million-year-old animals evolved “scratch-digging” traits independently. Paleontologists have discovered two new species of mammal-like, burrowing animals that lived about 120 million years ago in what…
New study points to potential widespread phagocytosis among green algae, suggests improved methodology in environmental microbiology. New research suggests that the ability of green algae…
A group of scientists led by the American Museum of Natural History and Bat Conservation International have discovered a new species of a striking orange…
Researchers have discovered a new “hidden” gene in SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that causes COVID-19 — that may have contributed to its unique biology and…
New ancient DNA study finds that Northern mastodon populations were less genetically diverse and more vulnerable to extinction. New research suggests that American mastodons were…
New study suggests a miniaturized origin for some of the largest animals ever to live on Earth. Dinosaurs and flying pterosaurs may be known for…
New study suggests that hard eggshells evolved at least three times in dinosaur family tree. New research suggests that the first dinosaurs laid soft-shelled eggs…
New simulation-based study on sleeping cataclysmic binaries supports contested 35-year-old predictions, shows that observable novae are just “tip of the iceberg.” Almost 35 years ago,…
Brown dwarfs traversing space together, but separated by billions of miles, puzzle scientists. Citizen scientists have uncovered a bizarre pairing of two brown dwarfs, objects…
New study proposes light signature for detecting black hole mergers. Gravitational wave detectors are finding black hole mergers in the universe at the rate of…
The world’s fastest land animal, the cheetah, is a successful hunter not only because it is quick, but also because it can hold an incredibly…
A newly published study contradicts previous assumptions about the behavior of gravitational waves, demonstrating that stars can absorb the energy of gravitational waves. Scientists have…
Using the Jansky Very Large Array, astronomers have discovered evidence supporting a solution to a 30-year puzzle about the birth of massive stars. An international…