A new 53 million-year-old insect fossil called a scorpionfly discovered at B.C.'s McAbee fossil bed site bears a striking resemblance to fossils of the same age from Pacific-coastal Russia, giving further evidence of an ancient ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 29, 2018
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There's a particular feeling of excitement that comes from receiving a gift. It's a feeling of the unknown, of anticipation – and then you unwrap the package and find something spectacular.
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 8, 2018
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Wu & Wu (1996) first proposed the former Eastern Asiatic region to be an independent Floristic kingdom. However, there are still some questions that need to be discussed. As many living fossil plants (Cenozoic plant relicts) ...
Ecology
Mar 1, 2018
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For the first four billion years of Earth's history, our planet's continents would have been devoid of all life except microbes.
Earth Sciences
Feb 19, 2018
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Flowering plants likely originated between 149 and 256 million years ago according to new UCL-led research.
Evolution
Feb 5, 2018
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The Trump administration says it will hold three additional public hearings on its intention to nullify an Obama-era plan to ratchet down planet-warming carbon emissions.
Environment
Dec 7, 2017
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A team of investigators from the University of Kansas currently is stationed at Antarctica's Shackleton Glacier to collect the remains of plants that once thrived there during the boundary between the Permian and Triassic ...
Archaeology
Dec 6, 2017
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Paleobotanist Menno Booi discovered that 250 previously described fossil tree species are objectively not distinguishable and belong to only one single species.
Archaeology
Nov 20, 2017
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Memphis residents are as proud of their sweet-tasting water as their barbecue and blues. The water—drawn from the Memphis Sand aquifer beneath this Tennessee city—is so revered that a city utility called it a "community ...
Environment
Jul 15, 2017
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For the first time, researchers have succeeded in establishing the relationships between 200-million-year-old plants based on chemical fingerprints. Using infrared spectroscopy and statistical analysis of organic molecules ...
Evolution
Jul 4, 2017
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