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Did Dinosaurs eat fruit? Ancient seeds reveal that prehistoric forests were full of berries
43+ min ago (405+ words) Did Dinosaurs eat fruit?...
Scientists find hidden “highways” guiding animal evolution
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (521+ words) A sweeping analysis of thousands of animal genomes suggests that chromosomes do not evolve randomly but instead follow a limited number of irreversible “evolutionary highways.” These one-way genetic changes preserve clues to more than 600 million years of animal history and…...
Microspectroscopy Reveals Feather Color Mechanisms
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (1250+ words) Bird feathers’ coloration stems from a combination of pigmentation and microstructural optical effects functioning at spatial scales ranging from whole barbs down to individual barbules just a handful of microns across. Characterizing these microscopic structures’ spectral reflectance necessitates the use…...
More Philippine crocodile hatchlings discovered in San Mariano, Isabela
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (25+ words) Manila Bulletin Press Escape to quit searching More Philippine crocodile hatchlings discovered in San Mariano, Isabela...
X-ray confirms 'holy grail' Tassie Tiger skull in taxidermy
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (169+ words) AUDIO: X-ray confirms 'holy grail' Tassie Tiger skull in taxidermy ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation AUDIO: X-ray confirms 'holy grail' Tassie Tiger skull in taxidermy James Cranfield poses with his "ridiculously important and special specimen", which he snapped up…...
Do You Know Which Animal Gives Birth After 110 Days? Answer May Surprise You
3+ hour, 42+ min ago (360+ words) When it comes to animal pregnancies, nature has some fascinating surprises in store. While some animals carry their young for only a few weeks, others remain pregnant for several months or even years. But which animal gives birth after around…...
Dawson City, Yukon, artist celebrates baby mammoth found in 2022 with its own statue | CBC News
13+ hour, 27+ min ago (410+ words) A new statue has appeared along Front Street in Dawson City, Yukon, beside the town's existing giant mammoth sculpture. The baby mammoth appeared earlier this month, and according to the artist behind the creation, it's an ode to Nun cho…...
Australopithecus is not a single branch of the human family tree, a point its own field has long recognised, so why does a new paper argue one fix is to fold it, Paranthropus and Kenyanthropus into an expanded genus Homo reaching back four to five million years?
4+ hour, 5+ min ago (463+ words) The proposal comes from a single-author synthesis with no new fossil in it, and its author writes that it will likely not prove widely acceptable. By Science Blog Editorial Team · Edited by Christy Suriadi Published August 25, 2026 · How we edit Most…...
'EalaSaurus' arrives in New York
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (137+ words) MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala's superfan wearing an inflatable blue dinosaur suit with a Philippine flag cape arrived in New York to cheer for the Filipino tennis ace at the US Open. Fans posted pictures of "EalaSaurus" or "Tito Rex" spotted…...
Shell-crushing predators may have sparked early Cenozoic boom in marine snail evolution
13+ hour, 40+ min ago (22+ words) Phys.org This site can’t be reached phys.org refused to connect....