The extinction of the largest dinosaurs to walk the Earth may have played a critical role in creating an environment that helped fruits evolve, thereby indirectly shaping the evolution of our own fruit-eating ancestors, according ...
Evolution
Feb 17, 2025
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A rare discovery of a nearly complete skull in the Egyptian desert has led scientists to the "dream" revelation of a new 30-million-year-old species of the ancient apex predatory carnivore, Hyaenodonta.
Evolution
Feb 17, 2025
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Crocodiles, monkeys, tigers, zebras and dozens of other taxidermy animals will move to new homes after concerns about arsenic exposure forced the closure of the South Dakota museum where they had been displayed for decades.
Paleontology & Fossils
Feb 15, 2025
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French customs officers seized nine dinosaur teeth last month from a courier truck transiting through the country from Spain on its way to Italy, they said on Friday.
Paleontology & Fossils
Feb 14, 2025
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About half a million years ago, several horses, sloths and armadillos fell into a sinkhole in Florida's Big Bend region and died. The sinkhole filled in with sediment over time, preserving the animals where they lay until ...
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Feb 12, 2025
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A research team led by Professor Wang Min from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered two bird fossils in Jurassic-era rocks from Fujian Province ...
Evolution
Feb 12, 2025
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A new study led by Prof. Adi Torfstein from the Hebrew University and Prof. Oren Levy from Bar-Ilan University, in collaboration with an international team of researchers, has uncovered a significant pause in coral reef growth ...
Ecology
Feb 12, 2025
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Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750—twice the number of animal species lost. But which species are hit hardest? And how ...
Ecology
Feb 12, 2025
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Dr. Luis Buatois (Ph.D.) traces a series of hexagons with his finger, following the path carved by tiny organisms millions of years ago that have long since left these unique fossils in their wake.
Evolution
Feb 11, 2025
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New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's giant flightless bird, the moa.
Ecology
Feb 11, 2025
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