May 31, 2022 — Using zinc isotopes, researchers investigated the diet of megalodon, the largest shark to have ever ...
May 26, 2022 — For the first time since its discovery 130 years ago one of the most mysterious fossil vertebrates has finally been classified, increasing our possible understanding of the first animals to crawl on ...
May 25, 2022 — Paleontologists have debated whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded, like modern mammals and birds, or cold-blooded, like modern reptiles. In a new paper, scientists are unveiling a new method for ...
May 25, 2022 — Scientists settle debate surrounding species that laid eggs exploited by early Australian people around 50,000 years ago. Shell proteins point to Genyornis, which was among the 'mega-fauna' ...
May 24, 2022 — Researchers shed light on the way Quetzalcoatlus would have flown, finding that the dinosaur's flying dynamics were actually very different to how it has been depicted in popular ...
May 19, 2022 — An international study provides the first global evaluation of all terrestrial vertebrate species that have not been declared extinct and identifies more than 500 species considered to be ...
May 19, 2022 — The 'ghost' fossils are imprints of single-celled plankton called coccolithophores and their discovery is changing our understanding of how plankton in the oceans are affected by climate ...
May 19, 2022 — Researchers searching for a 'golden spike' to formally define humanity's current geological period -- and acknowledge human impact on our planet -- have announced a major step in their ...
May 19, 2022 — New research examines an unusual pocket of rock at the boundary layer with Earth's core, some three thousand kilometers beneath the ...
May 17, 2022 — What links a finger bone and some fossil teeth found in a cave in the remote Altai Mountains of Siberia to a single tooth found in a cave in the limestone landscapes of tropical Laos? The answer to ...
May 17, 2022 — Early animals formed complex ecological communities more than 550 million years ago, setting the evolutionary stage for the Cambrian explosion, according to a new ...
May 12, 2022 — From embryo to turtle cracker: Palaeobiologists studied the multiple changes in tooth shape in the tiger shark. The study is also central in drawing conclusions about extinct species from the myriad ...
May 12, 2022 — Did the world's largest prehistoric shark need an orthodontist, or did it just have a bad ...
May 11, 2022 — Ancient moa DNA has provided insights into how species react to climate change, a new study has ...
May 10, 2022 — Thanks to their easily fossilized exoskeleton, trilobites largely dominate the fossil record of early complex animal life. However, trilobite appendages and the anatomy of the underside of their body ...
May 10, 2022 — A new study that used fossil oyster shells as paleothermometers found the shallow sea that covered much of western North America 95 million years ago was as warm as today's ...
May 9, 2022 — Researchers have examined the mass extinction of large animals over the past tens of thousands of years and found that extinct species had, on average, much smaller brains than species that ...
May 4, 2022 — A reassessment of Faxinalipterus minimus, a purported Triassic pterosaur from southern Brazil resulted in the description of a new taxon -- researchers present Maehary bonapartei a small reptile that ...
May 3, 2022 — A new analysis of the remains of ancient predators reveals new information about how prehistoric humans did -- or didn't -- find their ...
May 3, 2022 — New research moves back the moment of the radiation of squamates -- the group of reptiles that includes lizards, snakes and worm lizards -- to the Jurassic, a long time before current ...