Tag: Paleontology

Credit: Photo by Duane Moser, Desert Research Institute. It's like something out of science fiction. Research led by Bigelow Laboratory ...

120-million-year-old animals evolved 'scratch digging' traits independentlyCredit: MAO Fangyuan A joint research team led by Dr. MAO Fangyuan and Dr. ...

Ancient predatory insects discovered in region once thought uninhabitableCredit: Fossil image copyright Zootaxa. Fossil discoveries often help answer long-standing questions ...

A brand new species of parasitic cuckoo wasp was discovered based on its clever use of pheromonesCredit: Photo: Arnstein Staverløkk, ...

Researchers have confirmed for the first time that Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica could cross tipping points, leading to ...

Hippos and cetaceans are close relatives, but their shared "aquatic" skin traits did not come from a common ancestorCredit: Carl ...

Evolutionary biology: Publication in Communications BiologyCredit: HHU / Joana Xavier Roughly five years ago, Institute Head Prof. Dr. William (Bill) ...

For the first time, organic molecules could be detected in such old liquids as possible nutrients for primordial microbesCredit: Volker ...

A comparison with chimpanzees provides surprising insightsCredit: Photo of a female human pelvis and skull of a newborn baby. (© ...

Of the vast diversity of plants on Earth, only a few evolved to become prominent agricultural crops. Scholars now suggest ...

Scientists find whopping head was crammed for spaceCredit: Flinders University The largest flightless bird ever to live weighed in up ...

Credit: © Michael Vogelsang / www.seapicture.de The tiger shark is one of the largest predatory sharks known today. This shark ...

Fossil find from Canada could rewrite the evolutionary history of invertebrate organismsCredit: Gregor Austermann / Communications Biology The possibly oldest ...

Credit: Photo supplied by the Trustees of the Natural History Museum. An international group of researchers led by the University ...