The researchers found preserved bone cells in the carapace, which exhibited structures like the nucleus of a cell, where DNA traces were found. Credit: Dr.…
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Dartmouth scientists used an innovative computer model to suggest that volcanic activity, rather than an asteroid impact, was the primary cause of the mass extinction…
The discovery of Qianlong shouhu, a new dinosaur species, has led to the revelation that the first dinosaur eggs were likely leathery. This contributes significantly…
A discovery of ten new trilobite species in Thailand, dating back 490 million years, provides unique insights into Earth’s geological history and the ancient supercontinent…
Dr. Tyler Faith, NHMU’s chief curator, examines elk bones inside Skeleton Cave in the Uinta Mountains, Utah. Faith and a research team from NHMU collected…
Recent research has shown that the formation of greenalite in ancient oceans played a crucial role in determining the availability of certain metals, such as…
A flock of Cryptogyps lacertosus (left) watch on and wait their turn as several individuals of Dynatoaetus pachyosteus (center, right) feed from the carcass of a dead Diprotodon optatum in…
New research on cycads, ancient plants from the Mesozoic Era, reveals that their survival into the modern era can be attributed to a symbiotic relationship…
Carnegie Mellon researchers, collaborating with Spanish and Polish paleontologists, have created a soft robotic model of the pleurocystitid, an ancient echinoderm, to explore evolutionary biomechanics…
Researchers have uncovered the history of Ekgmowechashala, a primate that lived in North America 30 million years ago. By connecting it to similar species in…
The discovery of Jörmungandr walhallaensis, a new mosasaur species, offers critical insights into the evolution of these ancient marine lizards and the geologic history of…
Field team members Matt Lamanna (top) and Kara Fikse of CMP excavate a large hadrosaur limb bone at the CTQ, March 2023. Credit: Photo by…
Researchers discovered a new genus and species of micro-wasp with unique bulbous structures on its antennae from 100-million-year-old Burmese amber. The origin and purpose of…
False color scanning electron microscopy image of zebra finch feather showing the feather cortex (in blue) and melanosomes (melanin-rich granules, in orange). Scale bar indicates…
Researchers extracted ancient DNA from Caribbean parrots, comparing it with modern bird genetics and revealing that two supposedly island-specific species had a more extensive range.…
New research reveals dinosaur feathers had a protein composition similar to modern birds, hinting at an early origin of bird feather chemistry, possibly 125 million…
Photograph of the whole specimen of Petrodacyle. Credit: René Lauer The animal had a 2-meter wingspan and a large bony crest on its head. A…
Life reconstruction of two individuals of the extinct basilosaurid whale Tutcetus rayanensis, with the foreground individual preying on a nautilid cephalopod and another swimming in…
Researchers used Bayesian analysis to study the brachiopods’ decline and bivalves’ rise post-end-Permian extinction, finding bivalves better adapted to changing conditions. Left, Devonian brachiopod fossils…