Agile Fliers: Newly-Hatched Pterosaurs May Have Been Able To Fly
Newly-hatched pterosaurs may have been able to fly but their flying abilities may have been different from adult pterosaurs, according to a new study. Pterosaurs…
University of Portsmouth
Most Intense Burst of Evolution Ever Seen: Fossil Secret May Shed Light on Origins of Many of Earth’s First Animals
A large group of iconic fossils widely believed to shed light on the origins of many of Earth’s animals and the communities they lived in…
Strange New Genetic Disease Discovered That Causes Children’s Brains to Develop Abnormally
Scientists have discovered a new genetic disease, which causes some children’s brains to develop abnormally, resulting in delayed intellectual development and often early onset cataracts….
Enormous Ancient Fish Discovered by Accident – Bizarre-Looking and “Absolutely Massive!”
A serendipitous discovery of a fossilized bony lung reveals a massive ancient fish. Fossilized remains of a fish that grew as big as a great…
Rebooting 50 Years of Plant Advice to Solve One of Nature’s Biggest Challenges
Scientists from the University of Portsmouth and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, have come up with a formula to help plant breeders and farmers around the…
Scientists Have Found the Most Elaborately Dressed-to-Impress Dinosaur Ever Described
Scientists have found the most elaborately dressed-to-impress dinosaur ever described and say it sheds new light on how birds such as peacocks inherited their ability…
New “Sea Dragon” Discovered on English Channel Coast by Amateur Fossil Hunter
An amateur fossil hunter has unearthed a new type of prehistoric ‘sea dragon’ on the beach of the UK’s Dorset coast. The new 2m-long ichthyosaurus…
Jurassic Scelidosaurus harrisonii: Only Dinosaur Bones Ever Discovered in Ireland
The only dinosaur bones ever found on the island of Ireland have been formally confirmed for the first time. The only dinosaur bones ever found…
Paleontologists Surprising Discovery: Fossil Shark Turns Into Mystery Pterosaur
Paleontologists have made a surprising discovery while searching through 100-year-old fossil collections from the UK – a new mystery species of pterosaur, unlike anything seen…
Lie Detection – Scientists Say FBI and Police Experts Have It Wrong
A widely adopted police interview technique, used by both the FBI and British police, to spot if a suspect is lying, is not fit for…
Dark Energy: Map Gives Clue About What It Is – But Deepens Cosmic Expansion Rate Dispute
Dark energy is one of the greatest mysteries in science today. We know very little about it, other than it is invisible, it fills the…
Naked Prehistoric Monsters! Pterosaurs, Ancient Flying Reptiles, May Not Have Had Feathers at All
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’…
Plastic-Eating Super-Enzyme “Cocktail” Offers New Hope for Plastic Waste Solution
The scientists who re-engineered the plastic-eating enzyme PETase have now created an enzyme ‘cocktail’ which can digest plastic up to six times faster. A second…
Gravitational Wave Astronomers Find Mystery Object in Mass Gap
For decades astronomers have been puzzled by a gap that lies between neutron stars and black holes, but a major new discovery has found a…
Forensic Scientists Bring Burnt Bones Back to Life Using 3D Technology
Forensic scientists at the University of Portsmouth have discovered a new way of presenting fragile evidence, by reconstructing a ‘jigsaw’ of human bone fragments using…
Most Precise Tests of Dark Energy and Cosmic Expansion Yet Confirm the Model of a Spatially Flat Universe
A new paper has shown how large structures in the distribution of galaxies in the Universe provide the most precise tests of dark energy and…
Chinese Pterodactyl Wings Its Way to England
The first ever specimen of a pterodactyl, more commonly found in China and Brazil, has been found in the United Kingdom. A fossil hunter recently…
How a Selfie Stick and Fishing Rod Accessed an Ancient Skeleton to Shed First Light on 145 Million-Year-Old Reptile
The skeleton of an extinct ‘fish lizard’ locked in a glass case over 16ft from the ground for the last 100 years has finally been…