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Fossil discovery reveals oldest known saber-toothed predator
Dec 18, 2024 (SPX)
Therapsids, the group to which mammals belong, first appeared roughly 200 million years ago, but their lineage dates back much further. Gorgonopsians, a subgrou...
Size of Stegosaurus readily apparent in new NYC display to open this weekend
Dec 05, 2024 (UPI)
The dinosaur's remains are considered by many to be the largest and most complete examples of the Stegosaurus ever discovered and are displayed in the museum's ...
Worlds oldest lizard fossil confirmed as modern squamate
Nov 27, 2024 (SPX)
The fossil, named Cryptovaranoides microlanius or "hidden lizard, small butcher," was first described by University of Bristol researchers Dr. David Whiteside, ...
Bird fossil from dinosaur era reveals early avian intelligence origins
Nov 14, 2024 (SPX)
The fossil, named 'Navaornis hestiae', dates back around 80 million years to the Mesozoic Era and is remarkably well-preserved, especially its skull. This disco...
New lab set to explore microscopic insights into human history and environment
Nov 12, 2024 (SPX)
As the first of its kind globally, AusMAP will place Australia at the leading edge of micro-scale research, aiming to transform how scientists approach major qu...
How Life Began on Earth: Insights from Ancient Atmospheric Modeling
Nov 01, 2024 (SPX)
"Ancient Earth was nothing like our current home," explained Shungo Koyama from Tohoku University. "It was a much more hostile place; rich in metallic iron with...
Carbon dioxide release from deep magma may have driven Earth's ancient climate shifts
Oct 31, 2024 (SPX)
"Our findings are important because they identify a hidden source of CO2 to the atmosphere during moments in Earth's past when climate has warmed abruptly and s...
Gold-colored fossil arthropod reveals evolutionary insights in pyrite preservation
Oct 30, 2024 (SPX)
Describing the find, Associate Professor Parry remarked, "As well as having their beautiful and striking golden colour, these fossils are spectacularly preserve...
Dinosaurs rose after cooling period triggered by ancient volcanic eruptions
Oct 29, 2024 (SPX)
Scientists have debated the causes of this extinction, often attributing it to a prolonged warming period due to high carbon dioxide levels from these eruptions...
Dinosaur fossils discovered for first time in Hong Kong
Oct 23, 2024 (AFP)
Experts from Hong Kong and mainland China identified the fossils as belonging to a large, aged dinosaur from the Cretaceous period, around 145 million to 66 mil...
The global gap in the geologic record 34 million years ago
Oct 09, 2024 (SPX)
So, when Montana State University assistant professor Zachary Burton, then a doctoral student at Stanford University, set out to see how that sediment had accum...
Life on Earth was far more diverse 800M year ago
Oct 08, 2024 (SPX)
Scientists reconstructed the evolutionary tree of life, focusing on amoebas and other early eukaryotes, organisms with DNA enclosed within a nucleus. This group...
Asteroid that doomed dinosaurs created ant agriculture
Oct 04, 2024 (SPX)
LSU AgCenter mycologist Vinson P. Doyle and LSU Department of Biological Sciences professor Brant C. Faircloth lent their combined expertise to a study led by S...
Ground movement pivotal in allowing Pterosaurs to become giants
Oct 04, 2024 (SPX)
The study, published in 'Current Biology' on October 4, explores the evolution of pterosaur hands and feet. Researchers from the University of Leicester examine...
Iron formations in Western Australia's Pinnacles shed light on past climates
Oct 03, 2024 (SPX)
Lead researcher Dr. Matej Lipar, Adjunct Research Fellow at Curtin University and now with the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZR...
Nanostructures found in deep ocean vents could shed light on life's origins
Sep 26, 2024 (SPX)
Hydrothermal vents are considered potential sites for life's origin due to their stable, energy-rich environments filled with essential minerals. These vents fo...
Study highlights Earth's temps have shifted widely over 485M years as CO2 changes
Sep 20, 2024 (SPX)
The Phanerozoic Eon, which began 540 million years ago, is known for the Cambrian Explosion - the emergence of complex organisms with hard shells. However, due ...
Ancient Ring System May Have Surrounded Earth 466 Million Years Ago
Sep 19, 2024 (SPX)
Published in 'Earth and Planetary Science Letters', the research hinges on a puzzling observation: 21 asteroid impact craters from the Ordovician period are all...
Iron played a critical role as the earliest transition metal in life
Sep 18, 2024 (SPX)
A research team from the University of Michigan, California Institute of Technology, and University of California, Los Angeles, has put forth the argument that ...
MIT chemists explain why dinosaur collagen may have survived for millions of years
Sep 05, 2024 (SPX)
A new study from MIT offers an explanation for how collagen can survive for so much longer than expected. The research team found that a special atomic-level in...
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