A nearly metre-long skull of a giant fossil marine ichthyosaur found in a farmer's field more than 60 years ago has been studied for the first time.
Archaeology
Jan 8, 2019
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In May and June of 2018, Australia's first near-complete skull of a sauropod—a group of long-tailed, long-necked, small-headed dinosaurs—was found on a sheep station northwest of Winton in Queensland.
Paleontology & Fossils
Apr 12, 2023
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CT scans of fossilized primate skulls or skull fragments from both the Old and New Worlds may shed light on how these extinct animals moved, especially for those species without any known remains, according to an international ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2012
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Serving up too much soft food to animals rescued into captivity might reduce their survival chances when released back into the wild.
Ecology
Nov 23, 2021
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Workers have discovered hundreds of bones belonging to Ice Age animals, including mammoths, mastodons and glyptodons, while digging to build a wastewater treatment plant north of Mexico City.
Archaeology
Aug 31, 2012
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Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IVPP) in Beijing and the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago have revealed that birds retained key ...
Evolution
Dec 7, 2022
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The evolution of animal heads is a remarkable example of how various anatomical features co-evolved to adapt to different ecological niches, behaviors and functions. But the intricate details of why vertebrate head shapes ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 10, 2024
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The recent discovery of a sabretooth cat skull in southwest Iowa is the first evidence the prehistoric predator once inhabited the state.
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 30, 2023
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Children are not as hard-headed as adults—in a very literal sense. Babies are born with soft spots and flexible joints called sutures at the junctions where various sections of their skull bones meet. If these sutures fuse ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 29, 2018
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Why are fossils of duckbill dinosaurs, a North American family, found in North Africa?
Paleontology & Fossils
Mar 22, 2024
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