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New Ancient Turtle Species Unearthed in Patagonia
8+ hour, 40+ min ago (197+ words) Patagoniaemys aeschyli had a shell length of roughly 80 cm. The fossil specimens include: Meiolaniforms, the group to which this species belongs, are known from the Early Cretaceous through the Pleistocene across southern landmasses, including South America, Australia, and New Caledonia. Dr....
Scientists found a rock clue that may explain how Earth's oceans changed before animals rose
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (810+ words) Building a shell or skeleton takes chemistry. The first animals to grow shells and skeletons needed an ocean loaded with specific minerals, but the forces that shaped ancient ocean chemistry and supplied those minerals have long been an open question....
Expedition to Bear Island will explore life 360 million years ago
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (828+ words) In the summer of 2026, researchers will travel to Bear Island (Bj'rn'ya) in the Barents Sea to investigate fossils and sedimentary rocks from a time when life on land underwent major changes. The expedition is led by researchers from the Swedish…...
Asteroid that eliminated the dinosaurs may also have helped life begin again
6+ hour, 5+ min ago (526+ words) The Chicxulub asteroid impact is well-known for wiping out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, but scientists have discovered it may also have had a hand in creation too. The Chicxulub impact triggered one of Earth's most devastating mass extinctions but…...
New Species, Ancient Bones: Inside the Ocean's Largest Whale Graveyard
5+ hour, 32+ min ago (360+ words) Chinese researchers have discovered the world's largest whale graveyard at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. Stretching across a vast underwater corridor west of Australia, the site holds nearly 500 fossil sites, creatures potentially new to science, and bones dating back…...
New Scientist recommends a brilliant take on the evolution of birds
21+ hour, 31+ min ago (667+ words) Palaeontologist Steve Brusatte's The Story of Birds offers an excellent and sometimes startling account of bird evolution, finds Michael Marshall The Story of Birds Steve Brusatte, Picador (UK); Mariner Books (US) Steve Brusatte is three for three. His debut book…...
5. 3-Million-Year-Old Deep-Sea Whale Necropolis Revealed
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (874+ words) Bioengineer. org 5. 3-Million-Year-Old Deep-Sea Whale Necropolis Revealed In a groundbreaking discovery that reshapes our understanding of deep-sea ecosystems, researchers have unveiled one of the deepest known whale-fall communities in the ocean, located in the Diamantina Zone at depths surpassing 6, 700 meters....
The narwhal's spiraled tusk is actually an inside-out canine tooth packed with roughly 10 million nerve endings, and field studies in Nunavut have filmed the animals using it to stun Arctic cod with sharp downward strikes before swallowing them whole
4+ hour, 21+ min ago (1184+ words) In the cold green water off Tremblay Sound in Nunavut, a male narwhal lifts a two-meter ivory spike out of the slush, swings it sideways, and cracks down on an Arctic cod with a precise tap that leaves the fish…...
How dinosaurs evolved into birds: Evolution from Deinonychus to the pigeons
6+ hour, 33+ min ago (53+ words) The Times of India - How dinosaurs evolved into birds: Evolution from Deinonychus to the pigeons How dinosaurs evolved into birds through new fossil discoveries Deinonychus and the link between dinosaurs and birds The role of feathers in how dinosaurs evolved…...
Life-Sized Dinosaur Sculpture Installed at Ithaca Museum
8+ hour, 41+ min ago (398+ words) Visitors to the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca will soon be greeted by a new prehistoric resident: a 19-foot-long dinosaur model created by a recent Rochester Institute of Technology graduate. Andrew Bovenzi, who earned a bachelor's degree in studio…...