Tag: Paleontology

The findings could help us understand the history of other bodies in our solar systemCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science The ...

University of Tsukuba research reveals a nest of exceptionally small non-avian theropod egg fossils in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, providing a ...

Three species thrived until inland lakes driedCredit: Flinders University The sweeping pink salt lakes across Australia's interior are all that ...

Credit: Javier Ortega-Hernández and Yu Liu The Chengjiang biota in the Yunnan Province of China contains one of the most ...

Tanyrhinichthys mcallisteri recasts the notion of what it means to be a 'primitive' vertebrate, according to Penn paleontologists Lauren Sallan ...

Credit: Gabriella Rossetto-Harris, Penn State Newly unearthed, surprisingly well-preserved conifer fossils from Patagonia, Argentina, show that an endangered and celebrated ...

Credit: Copyright: The Canadian Entomologist. Used by permission. The discovery of a tiny insect fossil is unearthing big questions about ...

Credit: Akshay Mehra / Princeton Grinder Lab photo Imagine Earth completely covered in ice. While it's hard to picture all ...

CU Denver researcher Marin Lockley was a member of the team that found the well-preserved footprintsCredit: Anthony Romilio A new ...

Credit: Christine Janis A new study looking at extinct camelids - ancestors of today's camels and llamas - tells the ...

Credit: David Catling/University of Washington Oxygen first accumulated in the Earth's atmosphere about 2.4 billion years ago, during the Great ...

Palaeontologists at St Petersburg University created the most detailed virtual 3D-model of the endocranial cast and blood vessels of the ...

Credit: Curtin University, Mike Bunce Research from Curtin University has found that pre-historic climate change does not explain the extinction ...

New study published in GeologyCredit: Photo credit: A. Hope Jahren. Boulder, Colo., USA: A common message in use to convey ...

Credit: Senckenberg, SNSB and Pensoft Following the recent contract between the State Natural History Collection of Bavaria (Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen ...

Credit: Victor Huertas A new study reveals the diets of reef fish dictate how fast different species evolve. The breakthrough ...

A new evolutionary perspectiveCredit: Paula Esteller (CNAG-CRG / IBE, CSIC-UPF) The frequency of genetic variants associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ...

Credit: Katsunori Kimoto How can patterns in the marine biodiversity of the past help us to understand how it may ...

Credit: N/A Pinnacle Point, a series of archaeological sites that overlook a now submerged section of South Africa's coastline and ...

Paleo-kindergarten ensured evolutionary success millions of years agoCredit: ©Jaime Villafaña/Juergen Kriwet The great white shark is one of the most ...