PALEONTOLOGY

Scientists offer a detailed look at the skeleton of an ancient predator that thrived in extreme conditions

Imagine a world on the brink of collapse: volcanic eruptions spewing toxic gases, oceans turning acidic, and up to 90% of Earth's species vanishing...

Monkey fossils found in cave shed light on the animals’ extinction centuries ago

By studying rare fossils of jaws and other skull parts of a long-extinct Caribbean monkey, a team of researchers that includes a Johns Hopkins...

New insights into sauropod evolution: Discovery of tail clubs in India

A new University of Michigan study of dinosaur fossils from India has revealed that the sauropod dinosaur Kotasaurus yamanpalliensis wielded a bony tail club. The...

Discovery of 3,775-year-old preserved log supports ‘wood vaulting’ as a climate solution

A new study published in the journal Science suggests that an ordinary old log could help refine strategies to tackle climate change. A team of...

Study shows that ancient reef-building stromatoporoids dodged extinction—at least temporarily

Will modern coral reefs go extinct? The answer is uncertain, but some of their ancient counterparts managed to dodge a bullet—for a while, at...

Fossils from the Adriatic Sea show a recent and worrying reversal of fortunes

If you'd stopped monitoring the Adriatic Sea's marine life in the mid-20th century, the outlook would have been promising. Snails and the clams they...

Brazilian fossils reveal early evolution of mammalian jaw and middle ear

Newly discovered fossils, belonging to the mammal-precursor species Brasilodon quadrangularis and Riograndia guaibensis, offer critical insights into the development of the mammalian jaw and...

Previously unknown Neolithic society in Morocco discovered: North Africa’s role in Mediterranean prehistory

Archaeological fieldwork in Morocco has discovered the earliest previously unknown farming society from a poorly understood period of northwest African prehistory. This study, published today...

Fossil site in Massachusetts reveals 320-million-year-old ecosystem

Researchers have discovered an exceptionally preserved fossil site in Massachusetts that provides a rare glimpse into terrestrial life from over 300 million years ago....

Unraveling an ancient European extinction mystery: Disappearance of dwarf megafauna on paleolithic Cyprus

Scientists have unraveled a mystery about the disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the picturesque landscape on the Mediterranean island of...

A 149 million-year-old pterosaur is Britain’s largest flying animal—scientists prove it from a finger bone

Scientists have estimated the size of an extinct flying reptile called a pterosaur, based on fragments of a fossil finger bone discovered in southern...

Saturday Citations: Permian-Triassic mystery solved; cute baby sighted; the nine-day 2023 seismic event

This week, a billionaire made a spacewalk, archaeologists found a new, isolated Neanderthal lineage and the James Webb Space Telescope revealed the extreme outskirts...

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