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A newly discovered species of a large, crocodile-relative predator has been described via a remarkably well-preserved fossil from Argentina, according to a study published in PLOS One by Fernando Novas from Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales...
A study by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Leeds, and University College London has identified a new constraint on the chemistry of Earth's core, by showing how it was able to crystallize millions...

Mammoth DNA from Mexico reveals a divergent lineage

Long before the construction of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport, which lies northeast of Mexico City, the area was home to the former Lake...

100-million-year-old pearl fossil found in ancient seabed in Australian outback

Over 100 million years ago, long before the extinction of land-dwelling dinosaurs, there lived a group of massive clams called Inoceramus. With some species having...

Mars has a solid core, resolving a longstanding planetary mystery, according to new study

Scientists have discovered that Mars has an interior structure similar to Earth's. Results from NASA's InSight mission suggest that the red planet has a...

Study explains mystery of former crater lakes in the highest mountain range of the Sahara

An interdisciplinary research team led by scientists from Freie Universität Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology has shown how deep lakes formed...

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Turkey, causing about a dozen buildings to collapse

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir on Sunday, causing about a dozen buildings to collapse, an official said. At least...

Landslide risk doesn’t always rise after a wildfire, Columbia River Gorge study finds

In the wake of a wildfire, there's often an assumption that burned landscapes will be more susceptible to landslides. But new research from the...

Oldest known docodontan fossil found in Greenland narrows the evolutionary gap

In a recent study by Dr. Sofia Patrocínio and her colleagues, published in Papers in Palaeontology, a new specimen of Docodonta is described. This fossil...

Russia’s eastern Kamchatka region urges people to avoid coast after tsunami alert

The governor of Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka region has urged residents not to approach the coastline. “A tsunami warning has been issued, and the strength...

Some facts about the strongest earthquakes ever recorded

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, causing tsunami waves to wash ashore in Japan and Alaska and calls for...

8.8-magnitude earthquake sends tsunami into coasts of Russia, Japan and Alaska

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s Far East early Wednesday, sending tsunami waves into Japan and Hawaii and across the Pacific....

Clues for dinosaurs’ diets found in the chemistry of their fossil teeth

You are what you eat, it turns out—even if your last meal was 150 million years ago. While the grub itself may be long gone,...

Fossil vertebra reveals hidden diversity of ancient reptiles before Earth’s largest mass extinction

An international research team from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and from Buenos Aires and Washington D.C. has identified a new fossil from central...

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