Bat-winged dinosaurs that could glide
The origin of bird flight launched from a more complex evolutionary race than previously thoughtCredit: Image credit: Gabriel Ugueto. Despite ...
Tag: Paleontology
African crocodiles lived in Spain six million years ago
Credit: José Antonio Peñas (SINC) Millions of years ago, several species of crocodiles of different genera and characteristics inhabited Europe ...
TU Graz researchers discover new sediment archive for historical climate research
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz How has the climate changed in the course of the earth's history? Which climatic ...
Understanding the Triassic mass-extinction event 200 million years ago — NSF grant
Credit: Virginia Tech Scientists don't yet know what caused the Triassic mass-extinction event -- one of the largest extinction events ...
How a greenhouse catastrophe killed nearly all life
Scientists show the unfolding of one of the largest mass extinctions in Earth's historyCredit: (PaleoFactory, Sapienza University of Rome) for ...
World’s greatest mass extinction triggered switch to warm-bloodedness
Credit: Credit: Mike Benton, University of Bristol. Animal images are by Nobu Tamura, Wikimedia. Mammals and birds today are warm-blooded, ...
Beak bone reveals pterosaur like no other
Credit: Megan Jacobs, University of Portsmouth A new species of small pterosaur - similar in size to a turkey - ...
A tiny jaw from Greenland sheds light on the origin of complex teeth
Credit: Marta Szubert A team of scientists led from Uppsala University have described the earliest known example of dentary bone ...
Ancient tiny teeth reveal first mammals lived more like reptiles
Credit: Graphics: Nuria Melisa Morales Garcia. Morganucodon based on Bob Nicholls/ Palaeocreations 2018 model Pioneering analysis of 200 million-year-old teeth ...
Oldest monkey fossils outside of Africa found
Credit: Mauricio Antón Three fossils found in a lignite mine in southeastern Yunan Province, China, are about 6.4 million years ...
Scientists reconstruct beetles from the Cretaceous
International research team gains new insights into the evolution of fossil beetlesCredit: D. Peris & R. Kundrata et al. / ...
Paleontologists identify new species of mosasaur
Ancient lizard's long, crocodile-like snout suggests it carved out a niche in a competitive marine ecosystem.Credit: Tatsuya Shinmura) A new ...
The first human settlers on islands caused extinctions
Fossil records depict devastating effect of humans on birds in the BahamasCredit: (Kamella Boullé/Macaulay Library) Though some believe prehistoric humans ...
Seeking ancient rainforests through modern mammal diets
First study to compare dietary signatures of African and South American mammals in quest to reconstruct ancient ecosystems finds need ...
Ice Age manatees may have called Texas home
Credit: Robert Bonde / U.S. Geological Survey. Manatees don't live year-round in Texas, but these gentle, slow-moving sea cows are ...
Mud-slurping chinless ancestors had all the moves
Credit: Hugo Salais (Metazoa Studio) A team of researchers, led by the University of Bristol, has revealed our most ancient ...
Planktonic sea snails and slugs may be more adaptable to ocean acidification than expected
An evolutionary study finds that pteropods, or "wing-footed" sea snails and slugs, have faced acidified oceans in the past - ...
New study reveals how reptiles divided up the spoils in ancient seas
Credit: Tom Stubbs, University of Bristol While dinosaurs ruled the land in the Mesozoic, the oceans were filled by predators ...
“Immortal” in tree resin
An international team led by researchers at the University of Bonn extracted DNA from resin-embedded insectsCredit: Georg Oleschinski / Universität ...
The ancient Neanderthal hand in severe COVID-19
Credit: Professor Svante Pääbo and Professor Hugo Zeberg. This figure appeared in the publication in Nature. Since first appearing in ...
