Spectacular fossil discovery:
150 million-year-old shark was one of the largest of its timeCredit: © Sebastian Stumpf/Fabrizio De Rossi In a new study, ...
Tag: Paleontology
Research reveals how teeth functioned and evolved in giant mega-sharks
Credit: Hugo Salais, Metazoa Studio A pioneering study by University of Bristol researchers finds that the evolution of teeth in ...
Like plants do: non-classical photosynthesis by earth’s inorganic semiconducting minerals
Study reveals that Earth-abundant minerals convert sunlight into chemical energy, hinting at the evolution of photosynthesis in early bacteriaCredit: Earth ...
Megalodons gave birth to large newborns that likely grew by eating unhatched eggs in womb
Credit: DePaul University/Kenshu Shimada A new study shows that the gigantic Megalodon or megatooth shark, which lived nearly worldwide roughly ...
New discovery sheds light on the mysterious family life of notorious sabre-toothed tiger
Like many of today's millennials, adolescent Sabre-Toothed Cats stayed with family longer than expectedCredit: Illustration by Danielle Dufault © Royal ...
Native biodiversity collapse in the Eastern Mediterranean
Most native species are going locally extinct, while introduced tropical species thriveCredit: © Paolo Albano The coastline of Israel is ...
Research explains why crocodiles have changed so little since the age of the dinosaurs
Credit: University of Bristol New research by scientists at the University of Bristol explains how a 'stop-start' pattern of evolution, ...
Oldest hominins of Olduvai Gorge persisted across changing environments
~2.0 to 1.8 million year-old archaeological site demonstrates that early humans had the skills and tools to cope with ecological ...
Israel can expect a major earthquake of 6.5 on the Richter scale in the coming years
For the first time in Israel: Drilling under the bed of the Dead Sea; Documents 220,000 years of earthquakesCredit: Tel ...
Leaf fossils show severe end-Cretaceous plant extinction in southern Argentina
Credit: Elena Stiles The asteroid impact 66 million years ago that ushered in a mass extinction and ended the dinosaurs ...
Early mammal with remarkably precise bite
Researchers investigate teeth of a small carnivorous mammal that are almost 150 million years oldCredit: © Thomas Martin, Kai R. ...
Volcanic eruptions directly triggered ocean acidification during Early Cretaceous
First study to use stable calcium and strontium isotopes to examine oceanic anoxic eventCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- Around ...
Crikey! Massive prehistoric croc emerges from South East Queensland
Credit: The University of Queensland A prehistoric croc measuring more than five metres long - dubbed the 'swamp king' - ...
When dinosaurs disappeared, forests thrived
Rainfall patterns remained largely unaffected despite dramatic climate changesCredit: McGill University It's known that the primary cause of the mass ...