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1+ hour, 4+ min ago  (429+ words) Researchers say female reindeer rely on antlers as "mineral reservoir" after 1,500-mile round-trip migration Caribou mothers gnaw on their own antlers for nutrition after their long migration in the cold and dry climate of the Arctic tundra, a new study…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago  (956+ words) For decades, scientists have tried to pinpoint when our ancestors first left Africa and spread into Eurasia. It is a turning point that reshaped human evolution. Now, new evidence from northern Israel suggests that moment came earlier than many believed....

2+ hour, 26+ min ago  (417+ words) This republished article first appeared in Science and Culture Today The first thing that comes to mind in the context of intellectual capabilities is brain size. The paper notes that "brain volume for most of the'Homo erectus'fossils is above 800 cm3, varying…...

3+ hour, 57+ min ago  (605+ words) Learn how the tiny dinosaur fossil from Patagonia reshapes alvarezsaur evolution and their unusual digging claws. Imagine holding a dinosaur smaller than a turkey, its bones so light they almost float out of your hands. For decades, creatures like this…...

4+ hour, 20+ min ago  (480+ words) All the major chapters in the American story, from Indigenous beginnings to the present day. History from countries and communities across the globe, including the world's major wars. From prehistory, though antiquity and into the 21st century, all of history's biggest…...

5+ hour, 34+ min ago  (308+ words) Alnashetri cerropoliciensis lived in what is now Argentina during the Cenomanian age of Late Cretaceous epoch, some 90 million years ago. First described in 2012 from fragmentary remains, the species belongs to a group of bird-like dinosaurs called the Alvarezsauroidea. These small…...

6+ hour, 19+ min ago  (783+ words) Home - Science - Confirmed: a study of more than 2,400 genomes reveals that the first humans arrived in Australia 60,000 years ago" and that they may have coexisted with prehistoric "hobbits" For years, scientists argued over timing. One camp favored a later arrival…...

6+ hour, 46+ min ago  (557+ words) Recently, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) biologists documented Peter's rock agamas (Agama picticauda), an invasive exotic species from Africa, on North Captiva for the first time. Their presence marks the latest in the expansion of invasive exotics " flora and fauna " that…...

6+ hour, 47+ min ago  (436+ words) Ever since the release of the blockbuster Jurassic Park, the Tyrannosaurus rex has been associated with ground shaking tremors as it moved. But infact, rather than stomping heel-first, the prehistoric beast may have actually tip-toed as it roamed around on…...

7+ hour, 6+ min ago  (290+ words) The best of Chicago for free. Head to the Chicago Children's Museum this Saturday to meet a real-life paleontologist, get your hands dirty with fossil crafts and welcome the museum's newest resident. The Chicago Children's Museum is welcoming a new…...