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Argentine fossil rewrites evolutionary history of a baffling dinosaur clade
22+ min ago (1663+ words) Altangerel, P., Norell, M. A., Chiappe, L. M. & Clark, J. M. Flightless bird from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 362, 623626 (1993). Qin, Z. et al. Growth and miniaturization among alvarezsauroid dinosaurs. Curr. Biol. 31, 36873693 (2020). Meso, J. G. et al. Revised alvarezsaurian phylogeny and body size and evolutionary rate analyses reveal complex evolutionary history…...
A Giant Millipede Lost to Science For 126 Years Just Turned Up in Madagascar
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (15+ words) A Giant Millipede Lost to Science For 126 Years Just Turned Up in Madagascar'Charlotte Observer...
The Thing: Antarctica’s Gigantic Dinosaur-Era Egg Remains A Mystery
2+ hour, 57+ min ago (11+ words) The Thing: Antarctica's Gigantic Dinosaur-Era Egg Remains A Mystery'IFLScience...
Scientists Unearth "Sword Dragon" Fossil Skeleton from UK Coast, Revealing a New Look at Prehistoric Life
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (383+ words) The 190-million-year-old newly discovered ichthyosaur fossil, nicknamed the "Sword Dragon of Dorset," features a remarkably well-preserved skeleton. Its nearly complete remains have opened a window into a transformative period in prehistoric life when major species shifts were occurring in the…...
Science confirms it — Dinosaurs are still among us and some species are "living descendants"
6+ hour, 28+ min ago (466+ words) Long before humans walked the Earth, there were dinosaurs. As with all other living species, they evolved to adapt to their changing environments. If we thought Earth was hot now, we would most likely not have survived the Triassic Period's…...
⚡Did a Spiny Lizard Really Breathe Fire? Fact-Checking the Viral ‘Dragon’ Video
6+ hour, 37+ min ago (88+ words) Fact Check News | "Did a Spiny Lizard Really Breathe Fire? Fact-Checking the Viral "Dragon" Video'LatestLY "Did a Spiny Lizard Really Breathe Fire? Fact-Checking the Viral "Dragon" Video A viral video of a 'fire-breathing' spiny lizard is confirmed to be AI-generated....
Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology: Press release
7+ hour, 36+ min ago (232+ words) A new study published in Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology reveals a surprising link between cellular aging markers and survival in black-legged kittiwakes (members of the gull family). Telomeres are protective DNA sequences at the ends of chromosomes that typically shorten…...
One‑eyed Creature Gave Rise To Our Modern Eyes
7+ hour, 59+ min ago (498+ words) There is a tiny cyclops among your oldest ancestors, and humans share these remarkable ancestral roots with all other vertebrates. This according to new, surprising research on the evolution of the eye. Researchers from Lund University and University of Sussex…...
Lost fossils reveal sea monsters that took over after Earth’s greatest extinction
8+ hour, 45+ min ago (308+ words) About 250 million years ago, a region that is now a harsh desert in remote northwestern Australia lay along the edge of a shallow bay connected to a vast prehistoric ocean. Fossils collected there more than six decades ago and largely…...
SCT Hosts Skulls and Furs in PTC
9+ hour, 24+ min ago (193+ words) Fayette County natives and musicians Michael Durham and Ausa" Fayette County resident Mark Wallace Maguire has been named an inaugural member " A Southern Conservation Trust member showing animal bones Southern Conservation Trust held its Skulls and Furs event at Line…...