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Published Newly discovered Jurassic fossils in Texas - Newly Discovered Jurassic Fossils in Texas



Scientists have filled a major gap in the state's fossil record -- describing the first known Jurass...
Published Megalodon was no cold-blooded killer - Megalodon was No Cold-Blooded Killer



How the megalodon, a shark that went extinct 3.6 million years ago, stayed warm was a matter of spec ...
Published Paleontologists identify two new species of sabertooth cat



Sabertooth cats make up a diverse group of long-toothed predators that roamed Africa around 6-7 mill...
Published Three-eyed distant relative of insects and crustaceans reveals amazing detail of early animal evolution



Scientists use cutting edge scanning technology to reconstruct 'fossil monster' that lived half a bi...
Published Super antifreeze in cells: The ability to survive in ice and snow developed in animals far earlier than we thought



More than 400 million years ago, an insect-like animal called the springtail developed a small prote ...
Published Forget social distancing: House finches become more social when sick



Social distancing when sick has become second nature to many of us in the past few years, but some s ...
Published Bizarre new fossils shed light on ancient plankton



Recently discovered microfossils date back half a billion years. Resembling modern-day algae, they p ...
Published Ancient 'chewing gum' reveals stone age diet



What did people eat on the west coast of Scandinavia 10,000 years ago? A new study of the DNA in a c ...
Published Knowing what dogs like to watch could help veterinarians assess their vision



A veterinary ophthalmologist wanted to determine factors, including age and vision, that influence a...
Published Have researchers found the missing link that explains the mysterious phenomenon known as fairy circles?



Fairy circles, a nearly hexagonal pattern of bare-soil circular gaps in grasslands, initially observ...
Published Broadband buzz: Periodical cicadas' chorus measured with fiber optic cables



Through an emerging technology called distributed fiber optic sensing, cables bringing high-speed in...
Published Study on mysterious Amazon porcupine can help its protection



A recent study sheds new light on the elusive Roosmalens' dwarf porcupine, a poorly understood neotr...
Published Chimp moms play with their offspring through good times and bad



A recent study observing wild chimpanzees over a period of more than 10 years revealed that when foo ...
Published Ancient sea monster remains reveal oldest mega-predatory pliosaur



The fossils of a 170-million-year-old ancient marine reptile from the Age of Dinosaurs have been ide ...
Published The megalodon was less mega than previously believed



A new study shows the Megalodon, a gigantic shark that went extinct 3.6 million years ago, was more ...
Published An awkward family reunion: Sea monsters are our cousins



The sea lamprey, a 500-million-year-old animal with a sharp-toothed suction cup for a mouth, is the ...
Published How ancient sea creatures can inform soft robotics



Fossils of a marine animal that lived 500 million years ago, combined with computer simulations, inf ...
Published Ancient Australian air-breathing fish from 380 million years ago



The rivers of Australia, which once flowed across its now dry interior, used to host a range of biza...
Published Across oceans and millennia: decoding the origin and history of the bottle gourd



Researchers have uncovered intriguing details about the origins and spread of the bottle gourd, one...
Published Tanks of the Triassic: New crocodile ancestor identified



Dinosaurs get all the glory. But aetosaurs, a heavily armored cousin of modern crocodiles, ruled the...