Tag: ancient

New ancient species of cockroach discovered in the UK

PALEONTOLOGY
A pair of paleontologists at The Open University, working with a colleague from the National Museum of Scotland, have identified a new species of...

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

PALEONTOLOGY
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...

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

PALEONTOLOGY
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...

Ancient sea cow that was attacked by both a primeval crocodile and shark sheds new light on prehistoric food chains

PALEONTOLOGY
A new study showing how a prehistoric sea cow was preyed upon by not one, but two different carnivores—a crocodilian and a shark—is revealing...

Perseverance rover discovers rock with potential signs of ancient life

ASTRONOMY
A vein-filled rock is catching the eye of the science team of NASA's Perseverance rover. Nicknamed "Cheyava Falls" by the team, the arrowhead-shaped rock...

Ancient large kangaroo moved mainly on four legs, according to new research

PALEONTOLOGY
A type of extinct kangaroo that lived during the Pleistocene around two and a half million to 10 thousand years ago, known as the...

Sediments reveal the ancient ocean during a mass extinction event

EARTH
About 183 million years ago, volcanic activity in modern South Africa unleashed an estimated 20,500 gigatons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the ocean–atmosphere system...

New, small, ancient crocodile-like reptile described in Brazil

PALEONTOLOGY
The discovery of a new, ancient, predatory reptile dubbed Parvosuchus aurelioi—part of a group of crocodile-like reptiles called pseudosuchians—in Brazil is described in a...

New research suggests prior studies of ancient sea creature Pikaia had it upside down

PALEONTOLOGY
A team of marine biologists, Earth scientists and evolutionary specialists affiliated with several institutions in the U.K., has found that prior researchers studying a...

First ever report of two ancient ape species cohabiting in Miocene Europe 11 million years ago

PALEONTOLOGY
Ancient apes in Germany co-existed by partitioning resources in their environment, according to a study published June 7, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS...

Ancient crustal weaknesses contribute to modern earthquakes in West Africa, study finds

EARTHQUAKES
Though it was the site of active tectonics 140 million years ago, today, the coast of West Africa is a passive margin, far from...

Discovery of ancient Glaswegian shrimp fossil reveals new species

PALEONTOLOGY
A short but robust little shrimp may have died out over 330 million years ago during the Carboniferous period, but the rare Scottish shellfish...
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