11.9 million-year-old fossil of great ape sheds light on evolution
Computer simulations show evolution of birds' crouch likely due to increase in forelimb size (w/ video)
(Phys.org) —An international team of researchers working together to discover how, when and why birds have evolved to stand in a crouching position, have come to the conclusion that it was due much more ...
Apr 25, 2013
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Tadpoles not just baby frogs
(Phys.org)—Tadpoles may be vital in helping maintain the ecosystems of freshwater streams, a James Cook University researcher is discovering.
Feb 06, 2013
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Fossil remains in museum found to be 165 million year old marine super-predator
(Phys.org)—Researchers examining a fossil specimen discovered in a museum storage bin have found it to be the remains of a super-predator that lived during the Jurassic Period, around 165 million years ...
Jan 29, 2013
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New 'Moby Dick' lizard species found in Madagascar
A new lizard species has been discovered in Madagascar and named "Moby Dick" mermaid skink—after the albino sperm whale imagined by Herman Melville—for its flipper-like forelimbs and unpigmented skin, France's National ...
Jan 15, 2013
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Giant pterosaur needed cliffs, downward-sloping runways to taxi, awkwardly take off into air
(Phys.org)—It weighed about 155 pounds and had a 34-foot wingspan, close to the size of an F-16 fighter jet. A five-foot-long skull looked down from a standing height similar to that of a modern giraffe. ...
Nov 07, 2012
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Recent studies bring fossils and genes to piece together evolutionary history
Paleontology, with its rocks and fossils, seems far removed from the world of developmental genetics, with its petri dishes and embryos. Whereas paleontology strives to determine "What happened in evolution?", ...
Nov 07, 2012
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Canadian researchers discover fossils of first feathered dinosaurs from North America (w/ Video)
The ostrich-like dinosaurs in the original Jurassic Park movie were portrayed as a herd of scaly, fleet-footed animals being chased by a ferocious Tyrannosaurus rex. New research published in the prestigious ...
Oct 25, 2012
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A bit of gibbon take is all a super-ape needs
Scientists on Wednesday said they had uncovered the secret behind the extraordinary jumping ability of the white-handed gibbon, capable in the wild of leaping across more than 10 metres (33 feet) in gaps in ...
Aug 10, 2011
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Archeologists find what might be the smallest Mesozoic dinosaur
(PhysOrg.com) -- Paleontologists digging in the south of England have unearthed what might be the smallest dinosaur ever discovered; at just a foot long and weighing only a couple hundred grams, the Ashdown ...
Jun 13, 2011
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Why you should never arm wrestle a saber-toothed tiger
Saber-toothed cats may be best known for their supersized canines, but they also had exceptionally strong forelimbs for pinning prey before delivering the fatal bite, says a new study in the journal PLoS ON ...
Jul 03, 2010
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