Scientists from the Natural History Museum of Utah have taken a deep dive into the not-so-distant past thanks to a friendly tip from Utah's caving community. In a paper published this week by the Journal of Mammalogy, five ...
Ecology
Nov 21, 2023
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Ten newly discovered species of trilobites, hidden for 490 million years in a little-studied part of Thailand, could be the missing pieces in an intricate puzzle of ancient world geography.
Evolution
Nov 21, 2023
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An extensive study, published in Communications Biology, sheds new light on the complex evolution of our feet.
Evolution
Nov 21, 2023
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Variations in the skull shape of vultures have been found to coincide with the preferred method each species uses to feed on a carcass.
Paleontology & Fossils
Nov 21, 2023
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A set of fossils recovered in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost state, has brought an extra layer of complexity to the study of the evolutionary history of silesaurids, a family of dinosauriforms (dinosaurs and their ...
Evolution
Nov 21, 2023
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Crocodiles have a deep and varied evolutionary past. Now researchers are peeling back the layers to find out how the surviving species came to be.
Evolution
Nov 20, 2023
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A study published in Diversity provides new insight into how toothed whales and dolphins came to navigate the underwater world using sound waves.
Evolution
Nov 20, 2023
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"Jurassic Park" is arguably the ultimate Hollywood blockbuster. Aside from the appeal of human-chomping dinosaurs, tense action sequences and ground-breaking cinematography, its release in 1993 was a movies-meet-science milestone.
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 18, 2023
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Humans moved into the Andes about 15,000 years ago and their introduction of regular fire to the landscape created a new ecosystem, research published in Nature Communications finds.
Ecology
Nov 16, 2023
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Once a favored food of grazing dinosaurs, an ancient lineage of plants called cycads helped sustain these and other prehistoric animals during the Mesozoic Era, starting 252 million years ago, by being plentiful in the forest ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2023
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