This image shows the front of the upper jaw showing the tooth related glands. Credit: Carlos Jared Brazilian researchers discover that caecilians, limbless amphibians resembling…
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An upper canine milk-tooth that belonged to a Neanderthal child, aged 11 or 12, that lived between 48,000 and 45,000 years ago. Credit: Journal of…
A life-scene from 232 million years ago, during the Carnian Pluvial Episode after which dinosaurs took over. A large rauisuchian lurks in the background, while…
A Cobalt Blue Tarantula (Hapolpelma lividum), with brilliant cobalt blue hair-like setae on its legs. Credit: Bastian Rast Researchers from Yale-NUS College and Carnegie Mellon…
Many wild animals lose their fear of predators rapidly after they start encountering humans. Most wild animals show a suite of predator avoidance behaviors such…
Matthias Meyer at work in the clean laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Credit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology Neanderthals have adopted male…
A chimpanzee mother’s presence and support throughout the prolonged childhood years allow their offspring time to learn the skills they need to survive in adulthood.…
Nostrils located on the top of the snout and curved teeth, perfectly adapted for catching slippery prey: The skull of Tanystropheus has several clear adaptations…
View from the RV Pelagia during the expedition on the Black Sea. Credit: Laura Villanueva Current research suggests that more complex life-forms, including humans, evolved…
Induced radio-resistant E. coli, evolve complex mutation profiles as experimental evolution continues and the level of radio-resistance increases. Credit: Michael M. Cox and coauthors Radio-resistance…
A 35-year study of more than 540 wild baboons in Kenya links strong social bonds to better chances of survival. Credit: Susan Alberts, Duke University…
The tuatara is the last surviving member of the reptilian order Rhynchocephalia, which once flourished globally in the age of the dinosaurs. Today, they live…
Summary of major extinction events through time, highlighting the new, Carnian Pluvial Episode at 233 million years ago. Credit: D. Bonadonna/ MUSE, Trento It’s not…
Arctodus simus reconstruction compared to a human. Credit: Dantheman9758 / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 The California Channel Islands are renowned for their archaeological, biological,…
Described by the ‘father of zoogeography’ and co-author of the theories of evolution and natural selection, the species hasn’t been reexamined since 1866. An over…
Field site in Ramnagar, India. Credit: Christopher Gilbert The 13-million-year-old gibbon ancestor fills major gaps in the primate fossil record. A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in…
Enteroviruses and other pathogenic viruses that make their way into surface waters can be inactivated by heat, sunshine and other microbes, thereby reducing their ability…
A new study led by the University of Bristol and Swansea University has revealed the size of the legendary giant shark Megalodon, including fins that…
Reef manta ray, Mobula alfredi. Credit: Amelia J. Armstrong and colleagues Study uses satellites and photographs to fill in important gaps in migratory patterns for…
Life restoration of Lystrosaurus in a state of torpor. Credit: Crystal Shin Researchers discover Fossil evidence of ‘hibernation-like’ state in tusks of 250-million-year-old Antarctic animal.…