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Published Ancient brown bear genomes sheds light on Ice Age losses and survival



The brown bear is one of the largest living terrestrial carnivores, and is widely distributed across...
Published Ancient arachnid from coal forests of America stands out for its spiny legs



The spiny legged 308-million-year-old arachnid Douglassarachne acanthopoda was discovered the famous...
Published Sharks have depleted functional diversity compared to the last 66 million years



New research has found that sharks retained high levels of functional diversity for most of the last...
Published Research reveals the most complete dinosaur discovered in the UK in a century



The most complete dinosaur discovered in the UK in the last 100 years, with a pubic hip bone the siz...
Published How did sabre-toothed tigers acquire their long upper canine teeth?



In a groundbreaking study an international team of scientists has investigated the evolutionary patt...
Published Evolutionary history of extinct duck revealed



The study's findings show mergansers arrived in the New Zealand region at least seven million years...
Published Research tracks 66 million years of mammalian diversity



New research has examined the fossil record going back 66 million years and tracked changes to mamma ...
Published Slow growth in crocodile ancestors pre-dated their semi-aquatic lifestyle



A groundbreaking study is reshaping our understanding of crocodile evolution by pinpointing the onse...
Published Swimming secrets of prehistoric reptiles unlocked by new study - Swimming Secrets of Prehistoric Reptiles Unlocked by New Study



The diverse swimming techniques of the ancient reptiles that ruled the Mesozoic seas have been revea...
Published Predatory dinosaurs such as T. rex sported lizard-like lips - Predatory Dinosaurs such as T. Rex Sported Lizard-Like Lips


A new study suggests that predatory dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, did not have permanently e...
Published The climate crisis and biodiversity crisis can't be approached as two separate things - The Climate Crisis and Biodiversity Crisis Can't Be Approached as Two Separate Things



Anthropogenic climate change has, together with the intensive use and destruction of natural ecosyst...
Published Fossil spines reveal deep sea's past



Right at the bottom of the deep sea, the first very simple forms of life on earth probably emerged a...
Published New study removes human bias from debate over dinosaurs' demise



Researchers tried a new approach to resolve the scientific debate over whether it was a giant astero...
Published Crocodile family tree mapped: New light shed on croc evolution



Around 250 million years ago, 700 species of reptiles closely related to the modern-day crocodile ro...
Published Seed ferns: Plants experimented with complex leaf vein networks 201 million years ago



According to a research team led by palaeontologists, the net-like leaf veining typical for today's...
Published Rays were more diverse 150 million years ago than previously thought



Scientists have explored the puzzling world of rays that lived 150 million years ago and discovered...
Published Like the phoenix, Australia's giant birds of prey rise again from limestone caves



Australia's only vulture, and a fearsome extinct eagle, are among the earliest recorded birds of pre...
Published First 'warm-blooded' dinosaurs may have emerged 180 million years ago



The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved...
Published RNA for the first time recovered from an extinct species



A new study shows the isolation and sequencing of more than a century-old RNA molecules from a Tasma...
Published Bringing back an ancient bird



Using ancient DNA extracted from the toe bone of a museum specimen, biologists have sequenced the ge...