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Published Two coral snakes recorded battling for prey in a scientific first



Two red-tailed coral snakes have been observed competing over a caecilian in the first documented wi...
Published Remains at Crenshaw site are local, ancestors of Caddo - Remains at Crenshaw Site are Local, Ancestors of Caddo



Hundreds of human skulls and mandibles recovered from the Crenshaw site in southwest Arkansas are th...
Published Some mice may owe their monogamy to a newly evolved type of cell



What makes the oldfield mouse steadfastly monogamous throughout its life while its closest rodent re ...
Published Toothed whale echolocation organs evolved from jaw muscles



Genetic analysis finds evidence suggesting that acoustic fat bodies in the heads of toothed whales w...
Published Even the simplest marine organisms tend to be individualistic



Sport junkie or couch potato? Always on time or often late? The animal kingdom, too, is home to a ra...
Published Polyps as pixels: Innovative technique maps biochemistry of coral reefs



Using an innovative new approach to sampling corals, researchers are now able to create maps of cora...
Published Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago



Bioluminescence first evolved in animals at least 540 million years ago in a group of marine inverte...
Published Did a magnetic field collapse trigger the emergence of animals?



Researchers uncovered compelling evidence that Earth's magnetic field was in a highly unusual state...
Published This Japanese 'dragon' terrorized ancient seas



Researchers have described a Japanese mosasaur the size of a great white shark that terrorized Pacif...
Published DNA from preserved feces reveals ancient Japanese gut environment



DNA from ancient feces can offer archaeologists new clues about the life and health of Japanese peop ...
Published How sharks survived a major spike in Earth's temperature



The sharks we know today as the open ocean's top predators evolved from stubby bottom dwellers durin...
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 X-ray analysis sheds new light on prehistoric predator's last meal - X-Ray Analysis Reveals Prehistoric Predator's Last Meal



We now know more about the diet of a prehistoric creature that grew up to two and a half meters long...
Published Slimming down a colossal fossil whale



A 30 million year-old fossil whale may not be the heaviest animal of all time after all, according t...
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 Prehistoric 'Pompeii' discovered: Most pristine trilobite fossils ever found shake up scientific understanding of the long extinct group



Researchers have described some of the best-preserved three-dimensional trilobite fossils ever disco...
Published A new study reveals that marine cyanobacteria communicate



A breakthrough study changes the way we understand cyanobacteria, which are essential for the susten...
Published Gigantic Jurassic pterosaur fossil unearthed in Oxfordshire, UK



A team of palaeontologists has discovered a fossil of a gigantic flying reptile from the Jurassic pe...
Published 'Missing' early sea sponges discovered



Geobiologists reported a 550 million-year-old sea sponge that had been missing from the fossil recor...
Published Astronomers reveal a new link between water and planet formation



Researchers have found water vapor in the disc around a young star exactly where planets may be form...