Research reveals surprisingly powerful bite of tiny early tetrapod
Credit: Image courtesy of Professor Jennifer Clack, University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge Micro-CT scanning of a tiny snake-like fossil discovered ...
Tag: Evolution
New Jurassic non-avian theropod dinosaur sheds light on origin of flight in Dinosauria
Credit: Chung-Tat Cheung A new Jurassic non-avian theropod dinosaur from 163 million-year-old fossil deposits in northeastern China provides new information ...
Plant researcher receives 1.5 million euros
New project on a carnivorous plantCredit: Soenke Scherzer In its Reinhart Koselleck programme, the German Research Foundation (DFG) supports selected ...
Tibetan plateau first occupied by middle Pleistocene Denisovans
Credit: ITP The Tibetan Plateau, as Earth's "Third Pole," was reported to be first occupied by modern humans probably armed ...
Oxygen variation controls episodic pattern of Cambrian explosion: study
Credit: ZHU Maoyan The Cambrian Explosion around 540 million years ago was a key event in the evolutionary history of ...
New species of fish parasite named after Xena, the warrior princess
Credit: Serita van der Wal A study of parasitic crustaceans attaching themselves inside the branchial cavities (the gills) of their ...
Freshwater mussel shells were material of choice for prehistoric craftsmen
A new study suggests that 6000-years-ago people across Europe shared a cultural tradition of using freshwater mussel shells to craft ...
Study reveals how social relationships transform bird flocks
Credit: Alex Thornton Flocks of birds may appear to move with a single mind, but new research shows jackdaws stick ...
Oxygen linked with the boom and bust of early animal evolution
Credit: Andrey Zhuravlev, Lomonosov Moscow State University Extreme fluctuations in atmospheric oxygen levels corresponded with evolutionary surges and extinctions in ...
Cancer cells have a problem with junk RNA that makes them vulnerable
The unexpected role of junk nucleic acids in cancerCredit: InsideOutBio In an article just published by Trends in Cancer online, ...
Scientists discover evolutionary link to modern-day sea echinoderms
Research team solves fossil mystery, identifies new species COLUMBUS, Ohio--Scientists at The Ohio State University have discovered a new species ...
Running may have made dinosaurs’ wings flap before they evolved to fly
New evidence suggests that passive wing flapping may have arisen earlier than gliding flightCredit: Talori et al. Before they evolved ...
Researchers crack the peanut genome
New genome map sheds light on ancestry, diversity of today's peanutsCredit: Fábio de Oliveira Freitas Working to understand the genetics ...
Chewing versus sex in the duck-billed dinosaurs
Evolutionary bursts led to weird and wonderful head crestsCredit: Albert Prieto-Márquez. The duck-billed hadrosaurs walked the Earth over 90-million years ...
For giant pandas, bamboo is vegetarian ‘meat’
Pandas' mix of herbivore and carnivore traits explainedCredit: Pixabay veverkolog Giant pandas are extremely specialised herbivores that feed almost exclusively ...
Bats evolved diverse skull shapes due to echolocation, diet
Credit: Dennis Wise/University of Washington Humans may be forgiven for overlooking bats. After all, many bat species are out and ...
Chemical records in teeth confirm elusive Alaska lake seals are one of a kind
Credit: Jason Ching/University of Washington Hundreds of harbor seals live in Iliamna Lake, the largest body of freshwater in Alaska ...
New study highlights exaggerated physical differences between male and female superheroes
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - Superheroes like Thor and Black Widow may have what ...
The sicker the better
Parasites help beetle hosts function more effectivelyCredit: Andy K. Davis Athens, Ga. - A common woodland beetle that plays an ...
Narwhals have endured a million years with low genetic diversity, and they’re thriving
Credit: Binia De Cahsan Danish researchers have sequenced the genome of a narwhal, the Arctic whale famous for the horn-like ...
