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Darkness, Size Influenced End-Cretaceous Sea Extinctions
12+ min ago (659+ words) In the quest to unravel one of the most profound mysteries in Earth's history, scientists have long debated the physiological and ecological mechanisms that drove the marine extinctions during the catastrophic end-Cretaceous mass extinction event. Recent advances have now enabled…...
Toothless, Bipedal Crocodile Relative Lived in New Mexico 212 Million Years Ago | Sci. News
3+ hour, 55+ min ago (34+ words) Paleontologists have described a new species of bipedal shuvosaurid archosaur from New Mexico, shedding light on a group of creatures that roamed North America during the Triassic period, more than 200 million years ago....
Strange new octopus species can fit in palm of your hand: "It's adorable'
28+ min ago (304+ words) A strange octopus species found on the ocean floor can comfortably fit in the palm of your hand. The tiny bright-blue octopus, named Microeledone galapagensis, is a golf ball-sized creature that was found living nearly 5, 800 feet deep near the Galapagos…...
A newly identified species of octopus looks like a plush toy | CNN
55+ min ago (1079+ words) Scientists have announced the discovery of a previously unidentified species of octopus found in the Gal'pagos Islands " and it's sure to turn heads. The creature, which sports blue flesh and large eyes, can fit between the bottom of your palm…...
Whoa: 12-Year-Old Boy Finds 80-Million-Year-Old Fossil During Educational Field Trip
5+ hour, 38+ min ago (405+ words) A Kansas boy found something historic during an educational field trip. Corbin Bullard, 12, is already a geology fan, especially dinosaurs. He is also a part of the 4-H Geology Club in Sedgwick County. "4-H is definitely meant to help kids…...
Study: Early Complex Life Forms Were Bottom-Dwellers | Sci. News
6+ hour, 27+ min ago (146+ words) Analyzing 1. 75-billion-year-old microfossils from ancient Australian seabeds, paleontologists say ancient eukaryotes -- the ancestors of every plant, animal and fungus -- huddled in oxygenated seafloor patches for over a billion years before breaking free into open water....
A new way to determine whether a species will successfully invade an ecosystem
13+ hour, 37+ min ago (687+ words) When a new species is introduced into an ecosystem, it may succeed in establishing itself, or it may fail to gain a foothold and die out. Physicists at MIT have now devised a formula that can predict which of those…...
Tiny blue octopus discovered in the Galapagos Islands
8+ hour, 21+ min ago (276+ words) Scientists in the Gal'pagos Islands have discovered a tiny blue octopus so adorable it has been compared to a plush toy. The new species, named Microeledone galapagensis, was first spotted during a deep-sea expedition near Darwin Island in 2015 but it's…...
No animal alive today is "primitive" " why are so many still labeled that way?
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (588+ words) We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as "primitive" or "ancient" and use terms like "higher" and "lower" animals. This anthropocentric perspective was entrenched in 1866, when German scientist Ernst Haeckel drew one…...
100, 000-Year-Old Bones in Ethiopia May Point to the Earliest Human Cremation
7+ hour, 54+ min ago (304+ words) Burned fossils reveal a vivid snapshot of early Homo sapiens life....