Dawn of the Dinosaurs Triggered by Newly Discovered Mass Extinction Event
Huge volcanic eruptions 233 million years ago pumped carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor into the atmosphere. This series of violent explosions, on what we…
Huge volcanic eruptions 233 million years ago pumped carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor into the atmosphere. This series of violent explosions, on what we…
Since first appearing in late 2019, the novel virus, SARS-CoV-2, has had a range of impacts on those it infects. Some people become severely ill…
A new study provides substantial evidence that the first fossil feather ever to be discovered does belong to the iconic Archaeopteryx, a bird-like dinosaur named…
The debate about when dinosaurs developed feathers has taken a new turn with a paper refuting earlier claims that feathers were also found on dinosaurs’…
Its neck was three times as long as its torso, but had only 13 extremely elongated vertebrae: Tanystropheus, a bizarre giraffe-necked reptile which lived 242…
It’s not often a new mass extinction is identified; after all, such events were so devastating they really stand out in the fossil record. In…
In another fascinating snapshot from deep time, an international team of paleontologists has reported the discovery of specimens of a minuscule crustacean that dates back…
The California Channel Islands are renowned for their archaeological, biological, and paleontological significance and richness, containing some of the most important early human sites in…
A much richer picture of the past revealed with new DNA recovery technique. Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new technique to tease ancient…
New research from an international team of evolutionary geneticists, bioinformaticians, and paleontologists suggests that dramatic environmental changes accompanying the shift or melting of continental glaciers…
Sharks’ non-bony skeletons were thought to be the template before bony internal skeletons evolved, but a new fossil discovery suggests otherwise. The discovery of a…
The 13-million-year-old gibbon ancestor fills major gaps in the primate fossil record. A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape,…
Paleogeneticists at Mainz University have found evidence of lactase persistence in only a small proportion of human bones from the Bronze Age battlefield in the…
A new study led by the University of Bristol and Swansea University has revealed the size of the legendary giant shark Megalodon, including fins that…
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…
Researchers discover Fossil evidence of ‘hibernation-like’ state in tusks of 250-million-year-old Antarctic animal. Among the many winter survival strategies in the animal world, hibernation is…
On an expedition to the Central Andean Plateau, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and colleagues were astounded to find a huge fossil…
Hibernation is a familiar feature on Earth today. Many animals — especially those that live close to or within polar regions — hibernate to get…