Hawai'i has been called the "extinction capital of the world." But, with the exception of the islands' birds, there has until now been no accurate assessment of the true level of this catastrophic loss. Invertebrates (insects, ...
Ecology
Aug 10, 2015
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New research shows that the fearsome teeth of the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis fully emerged at a later age than those of modern big cats, but grew at a rate about double that of their living relatives. The findings, ...
Archaeology
Jul 1, 2015
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There is no longer any doubt: We are entering a mass extinction that threatens humanity's existence.
Ecology
Jun 19, 2015
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A recently extinct flightless bird is helping molecular paleontologists learn more about not only the species in question, but also about how proteins preserve and degrade in fossils.
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from a wide variety of institutions in France has concluded that it appears likely that approximately seven percent of all modern invertebrates have gone extinct. In their paper published ...
The fossils of marine species that went extinct millions of years ago are offering insight into species that may be at risk for extinction today, as well as "hotspots" where that extinction risk may be even greater.
Environment
May 14, 2015
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Modern birds may have evolved six million years earlier than thought, said Chinese palaeontologists Wednesday after analyzing the fossil remains of a previously unknown prehistoric relative.
Archaeology
May 5, 2015
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Global warming will eventually push 1 out of every 13 species on Earth into extinction, a new study projects.
Ecology
Apr 30, 2015
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When paleontologists put together a life history for a long-extinct animal, it's common to infer the foods it ate by looking at modern animals with similar skull shapes and tooth patterns. But this practice is far from foolproof. ...
Archaeology
Apr 29, 2015
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Stegosaurus, a large, herbivorous dinosaur with two staggered rows of bony plates along its back and two pairs of spikes at the end of its tail, lived roughly 150 million years ago during the Late Jurassic in the western ...
Archaeology
Apr 22, 2015
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