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Maximise your research impact: publish open access in Biological Diversity. Fees currently waived.
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (69+ words) Eurek Alert! Maximise your research impact: publish open access in Biological Diversity. Fees currently waived. Editorial Office of Biological Diversity News organizations may use or redistribute this image, with proper attribution, as part of news coverage of this paper only....
Platypuses Swam with Dolphins 25 Million Years Ago, Reveals "Exciting" Fossil Find
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (536+ words) Everyone knows that the platypus is the world's strangest mammal, obeying conventions as well as Alice Cooper or Ozzy Osbourne ever did. But an "exciting" new fossil is revealing more about this ancient lineage's long history: namely some serious gnashers. Paleontologists…...
A student found a 75-million-year-old dragonfly fossil in Canada's "land of dinosaurs' | World News
6+ hour, 52+ min ago (470+ words) A student found a 75-million-year-old dragonfly fossil in Canada's "land of dinosaurs'The Times of India...
Alabama's Underground 'Living Fossil' Just Got 23, 000 Acres of Hope
5+ hour, 20+ min ago (233+ words) Alabama's state amphibian just got a whole lot comfier in its native habitat. The Red Hills salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti) is one of the rarest of its species in the U. S. It's found only in six counties throughout the state, and sightings…...
9 Astonishing Facts About the Shoebill: The Bird That Looks Prehistoric
6+ hour, 41+ min ago (687+ words) Home " Animals " 9 Astonishing Facts About the Shoebill: The Bird That Looks Prehistoric Picture this: a massive bird with a stare that could freeze you in place, lurking in misty African swamps like something from a Jurassic film. Its oversized, clog-shaped…...
A stress test for unobserved confounders - Nature Ecology & Evolution
4+ hour, 16+ min ago (270+ words) Nature Ecology & Evolution (2026)Cite this article REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus sustainable management of forests and the conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries) projects have issued more carbon credits than justified by…...
Crocs swallow rocks for two reasons. The second will amaze you
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (194+ words) Crocodiles and alligators have been found with rocks in their bellies. They swallow these stones on purpose Elton John wasn't thinking of reptilian digestive strategies when he wrote Crocodile Rock but as it turns out, crocodilians do indeed have an…...
One of the rarest 150-million-year-old dinosaur skulls ever found has been uncovered in Spain | World News
4+ hour, 52+ min ago (320+ words) One of the rarest 150-million-year-old dinosaur skulls ever found has been uncovered in Spain'The Times of India In Teruel, Spain, palaeontologists unearthed a nearly complete skull of the armoured dinosaur Dacentrurus armatus This extraordinary find dates back 150 million years to…...
Media advisory - Secretary of State (Nature) Nathalie Provost will highlight Canada's new nature strategy in the Estrie region
5+ hour, 46+ min ago (21+ words) BROMONT, QC, May 7, 2026 /CNW/ " The Honourable Nathalie Provost, Secretary of State (Nature), on behalf of the Honourable Julie Dabrusin...
DNA from a 7, 200 year old woman found in cave reveals a completely unknown human lineage
6+ hour, 51+ min ago (299+ words) A study in Nature identifies Bess" as a member of the Toalean culture. These hunter-gatherers occupied Sulawesi's southwestern peninsula between 8, 000 and 1, 500 years ago. She represents the first relatively complete skeleton linked to that culture. Her remains yielded genomic data that…...