Giant, fruit-gulping pigeon eaten into extinction on Pacific islands
Credit: Danielle Byerley GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A large fruit-eating bird from Tonga joins the dodo in the lineup of giant ...
Tag: Paleontology
Mutant zebrafish reveals a turning point in spine’s evolution
Single-letter change in DNA also makes the fish a useful model for human spinal defectsCredit: Michel Bagnat Lab, Duke University ...
Arizona rock core sheds light on triassic dark ages
Credit: Cornelia Rasmussen A rock core from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, has given scientists a powerful new tool to ...
Breakthrough in studying ancient DNA from Doggerland that separates the UK from Europe
Credit: Dr Martin Bates, UWTSD Thousands of years ago the UK was physically joined to the rest of Europe through ...
New Mygatt-Moore quarry research leads to prehistoric climate finds
Local paleontologist and professor Dr. Julia McHugh authors new studyCredit: Brian Engh Top predators dinosaurs like the Allosaurus and Ceratosaurus ...
Growing up trilobite
New study is first to describe growth rate of one of the most common and abundant trilobites and compare with ...
5,000 years of history of domestic cats in Central Europe
Interdisciplinary studies in paleogenetics and archeozoologyCredit: Magdalena Krajcarz A loner and a hunter with highly developed territorial instincts, a cruel ...
Insights into climate change during origin of dinosaurs
An international team reveals discoveries about an unusual time called the 'Carnian Pluvial Episode'Credit: Jorge Gonzalez/NHMU The Triassic Period, about ...
Jurassic fossils from northeastern China reveal morphological stasis in the catkin-yew
Credit: ©Science China Press The Taxaceae are a distinct conifer family widely used in ornamental horticulture and are an important ...
Researcher reconstructs skull of two million year-old giant dormouse
A PhD student has produced the first digital reconstruction of the skull of a gigantic dormouse, which roamed the island ...
Famous ‘Jurassic Park’ dinosaur is less lizard, more bird
Credit: Brian Engh, commissioned by The Saint George Dinosaur Discovery Site. From movies to museum exhibits, the dinosaur Dilophosaurus is ...
Did adaptive radiations shape reptile evolution?
Researchers find fast rates of morphological evolution do not need to coincide with taxonomic diversification as predicted by the classical ...
Long-term consequences of river damming in the Panama Canal
Credit: Ian Cooke/Cooked Illustrations Humans have manipulated and managed rivers with dams for millennia. The number of river dam projects ...
Arctic plants may not provide predicted carbon sequestration potential
Credit: University of Stirling The environmental benefits of taller, shrubbier tundra plants in the Arctic may be overstated, according to ...
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