Life restoration of Lystrosaurus in a state of torpor. Credit: Crystal Shin Hibernation is a familiar feature on Earth today. Many animals — especially those…
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Casts of two key specimens: Paranthropus aethiopicus (left) and P. boisei (right). Credit: Zeresenay Alemseged A new study published this week in the journal Proceedings…
The first complete dinosaur skeleton ever identified has finally been studied in detail and found its place in the dinosaur family tree, completing a project…
New species of Cretaceous brittle star, Ophiomitrella Floorae, named in honor of Nightwish vocalist. Credit: Dr. Ben Thuy New fossil species belongs to a group…
The mystery of why zebras have their characteristic stripes has perplexed researchers for over a century. Over the last decade, Professor Tim Caro at the…
Collecting tears from Broad-snouted caiman, Caiman latirostris. Credit: Arianne P. Oriá Bird and reptile tears aren’t so unlike our own, shows a new study in…
An illustration of Deinosuchus from the journal’s cover. Credit: Illustration by Tyler Stone BA ’19, art and cinema; see his website https://tylerstoneart.wordpress.com A new study,…
Gorilla skull and larynx. Credit: Copyright Dr Jacob Dunn, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) Study is largest ever investigation into evolution of larynges across species. Scientists…
International scientists and Ngātiwai, a Māori tribe, teamed up to sequence the genome of a rare reptile, the tuatara, uncovering some unique aspects of the…
A female specimen of the deep-sea anglerfish species Melanocetus johnsonii of about 75 mm in size with a 23.5 mm large male fused on her…
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…
The advent of DNA sequencing has given scientists a clearer insight into the interconnectedness of evolution and the web-like path that different organisms take, splitting…
Bullock/Baltimore Oriole hybrid. Credit: Bryan Calk, Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Baltimore and Bullock’s Orioles Are Not Merging A half-century of controversy over two…
A dog and researchers (Márta Gácsi (left), Attila Andics, Anna Gábor (right)) at the scanner. Credit: Enik? Kubinyi / Eötvös Loránd University The study reveals…
The classic dinosaur family tree has two subdivisions of early dinosaurs at its base: the Ornithischians, or bird-hipped dinosaurs, and the Saurischians, or lizard-hipped dinosaurs.…
These are mountain gorillas. Credit: Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Mountain gorillas that live in oversized groups may have to limit the number of strong social…
Magnified image showing microbes revived from 101.5 million-year-old sediment. Credit: JAMSTEC For decades, scientists have gathered ancient sediment samples from below the seafloor to better…
Scientists have discovered a unique enzyme responsible for the pungent characteristic smell we call body odor or BO. Researchers from the University of York have…
The researchers worked for example with samples from an excavation in Oxford: A mass grave where more than 30 skeletons were discovered. One of the…
Life appearance of Crocodylus checchiai from As Sahabi (Libya). The reconstruction is based on the information from literature13,14,15 updated with the complete cranium sn813/lj. Credit:…