A topic of considerable interest to paleontologists is how dinosaur-dominated ecosystems were structured, how dinosaurs and co-occurring animals were distributed across the landscape, how they interacted with one another, ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 18, 2020
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A paper on animal biodiversity pattern by a team of researchers led by the Biology Department at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilos is featured in the February 28, 2020 issue of the journal Science.
Plants & Animals
Feb 28, 2020
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A new fossil study from Stanford University shows extinction was unexpectedly common among smaller sea creatures in the deep past.
Plants & Animals
Feb 21, 2020
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Accurately predicting biodiversity loss from climate change requires a detailed understanding of what aspects of climate change cause extinctions, and what mechanisms may allow species to survive.
Ecology
Feb 12, 2020
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You might think that prey would invariably flee in terror from a predator. But what if an animal was apathetic in the face of danger?
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2019
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Computational fluid dynamics can be used to study how extinct animals used to swim. Scientists studied 65 million-year-old cephalopod fossils to gain deeper understanding of modern-day cephalopod ecosystems.
General Physics
Nov 25, 2019
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An international team of researchers has found evidence that mercury from volcanic eruptions played a role in the end-Triassic mass extinction. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the researchers describe ...
Mosasaurs were true sea monsters of late Cretaceous seas. These marine lizards—related to modern snakes and monitor lizards—grew as long as fifty feet, flashed two rows of sharp teeth, and shredded their victims with ...
Archaeology
Sep 23, 2019
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Alien species are the main driver of recent extinctions in both animals and plants, according to a new study by UCL researchers.
Ecology
Mar 4, 2019
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The giant pandas we know and love today live only in the understory of particular mountains in southwestern China, where they subsist on bamboo alone. In support of their tough and fibrous bamboo diet, they've got distinctive ...
Archaeology
Jan 31, 2019
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