Tag: Paleontology

Credit: Danaé Nuzzaci / CNRS / CSGA You just finished a good meal and are feeling full? Researchers from the ...

Scientists will present research on the mechanical and physical properties of skeletal evolution, biomaterials, and aging at the APS March ...

Credit: Photo credit: John H.R. Burns A new study in the journal Science has given insight into why the world's ...

Researchers at the University of Bonn are investigating the conservation status of the reptile, which is up to 20 million ...

A little-studied human foot arch is important for walking and running, finds new studyCredit: OIST Many of us take our ...

Credit: University of Portsmouth A remarkable new treasure has been found by scientists from the University of Portsmouth - the ...

Credit: Aaron O'Dea Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) discovered a massive, 7,000-year-old fossilized coral reef near the ...

Credit: Love Dalén Scientists have recovered DNA from a well-preserved horned lark found in Siberian permafrost. The results can contribute ...

A research team performed dental microwear analysis on canid fossils from a Paleolithic site in the Czech RepublicCredit: Peter Ungar ...

Credit: Dr Anthony Romilio The mystery surrounding dinosaur footprints on a cave ceiling in Central Queensland has been solved after ...

The ratio of special zinc isotopes in dental enamel provides information about the diet of mammals in prehistoric timesCredit: Nicolas ...

Credit: Boatman et al. and Smithsonian Institute Berkeley Lab Helps Reveal How Dinosaur Blood Vessels Can Preserve Through the Ages ...

Large fish-like marine reptiles, the ichthyosaurs, had an early heyday but could not keep up the pace, leading to a ...

Credit: Ola Joensen When we predict future climate, it is important to understand the climate of the past. We do. ...

Credit: Christopher Garvie About 55 million years ago, a rapidly warming climate decimated marine communities around the world. But according ...

Credit: Photo credit: B. Black and L.T. Elkins-Tanton An emerging scientific consensus is that gases--in particular carbon gases--released by volcanic ...

The research builds on evidence that the last mammoths on a lonely Arctic island suffered from a variety of genetic ...

Gunakadeit joseeae is the most complete thalattosaur ever found in North AmericaCredit: Artwork by Ray Troll ©2020 Scientists at the ...

Credit: Peter Wilf A fossilised leafy branch from the early Eocene in Patagonia described in 1941 is still often cited ...

Credit: Rowan Martindale/ The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences Becoming a fossil is the ultimate game ...