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Published New viruses that could cause epidemics on the horizon



Suddenly they appear and -- like the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus -- can trigger major epidemics: Viruses...
Published Scientists warn: The grey seal hunt is too large



Researchers warn that today's hunting quotas of about 3,000 animals pose a risk to the long-term sur ...
Published Trout in mine-polluted rivers are genetically 'isolated'



Trout living in rivers polluted by metal from old mines across the British Isles are genetically 'is...
Published Researchers extract ancient DNA from a 2,900-year-old clay brick, revealing a time capsule of plant life



For the first time, a group of researchers have successfully extracted ancient DNA from a 2,900-year...
Published How do birds flock? Researchers do the math to reveal previously unknown aerodynamic phenomenon



How do birds fly in a coordinated and seemingly effortless fashion? Part of the answer lies in preci...
Published Scientists discover how to improve vaccine responses to potentially deadly bacterium



Researchers have taken a leap forward in understanding how we might fight back against the potential...
Published The waxy surface protecting plants might hold the key to developing stronger crops



Researchers have discovered that the waxy protective barrier around plants might play a role in send...
Published Fish out of water: How killifish embryos adapted their development



The annual killifish lives in regions with extreme drought. A research group now reports that the ea...
Published This Japanese 'dragon' terrorized ancient seas



Researchers have described a Japanese mosasaur the size of a great white shark that terrorized Pacif...
Published When did the chicken cross the road? New evidence from Central Asia



An international team of scholars present the earliest clear archaeological and biomolecular evidenc...
Published Evolution of taste: Early sharks were able to perceive bitter substances



New genetic data show that humans and sharks share bitter taste receptors, even though their evoluti...
Published Dinosaur feathers reveal traces of ancient proteins



Palaeontologists have discovered X-ray evidence of proteins in fossil feathers that sheds new light...
Published Birds set foot near South Pole in Early Cretaceous, Australian tracks show



The discovery of 27 avian footprints on the southern Australia coast -- dating back to the Early Cre...
Published The hidden rule for flight feathers -- and how it could reveal which dinosaurs could fly



Scientists examined hundreds of birds in museum collections and discovered a suite of feather charac...
Published Alaska dinosaur tracks reveal a lush, wet environment



A large find of dinosaur tracks and fossilized plants and tree stumps in far northwestern Alaska pro...
Published Researchers name prehistoric amphibian ancestor discovered in Smithsonian collection after Kermit the Frog



Scientists have uncovered the fossilized skull of a 270-million-year-old ancient amphibian ancestor...
Published No bones about it: 100-million-year-old bones reveal new species of pterosaur



New research has identified 100-million-year-old fossilized bones discovered in western Queensland a...
Published New study finds dinosaur fossils did not inspire the mythological griffin



For centuries, scientists thought they knew where the griffin legend came from. A new study takes a...
Published Sweaty cattle may boost food security in a warming world



Climate change is making it more difficult to raise cattle -- growth and reproduction are affected b...
Published Researchers discover hidden step in dinosaur feather evolution



Scientists discover 'zoned development' in dinosaur skin, with zones of reptile-style scales and zon...