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Cambrian “Huayuan biota” fossils in China reveal a thriving deep-sea world after Earth’s first animal die-off
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (475+ words) WASHINGTON, Jan 28, 2026, 14:15 EST This discovery is significant because scientists have struggled to understand how the earliest mass extinction impacted marine life during the Cambrian, a period when animal groups rapidly diversified. The newly found site dates just after that crisis,…...
14 Wild Animals That Navigate Using the Stars
4+ hour, 18+ min ago (1240+ words) The vast expanse of the night sky has served as a celestial roadmap for human travelers for thousands of years. Yet, long before humans learned to chart courses by the stars, many species in the animal kingdom had already mastered…...
Ancient Marine Fossils Reveal Resilient Ecosystem Post-Mass Extinction
4+ hour, 29+ min ago (219+ words) Ancient Marine Fossils Reveal Resilient Ecosystem Post-Mass Extinction'Devdiscourse Ancient Marine Fossils Reveal Resilient Ecosystem Post-Mass Extinction Scientists discovered well-preserved marine fossils in southern China, uncovering a thriving deep-water ecosystem after a mass extinction. The Huayuan biota, containing 153 species, showcases diverse…...
Chinese fossils show marine animals thriving half a billion years ago
4+ hour, 29+ min ago (573+ words) Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than a half billion years ago, showing a deep-water ecosystem thriving in the aftermath of the first mass extinction of the animal…...
Stunning Fossil Site Reveals Life Rebounding After Major Extinction Event
4+ hour, 31+ min ago (788+ words) Just over half a billion years ago, Earth was rocked by a global mass extinction event, a dramatic interruption of the Cambrian explosion of life on Earth. What happened next, in the direct aftermath of this event, has mostly been…...
Huge fossil bonanza preserves 512-million-year-old ecosystem
4+ hour, 31+ min ago (831+ words) A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after Earth's first mass extinction event An artist's illustration of life in Earth's oceans at the time of the Huayuan biotaDinghua…...
Bench-stable butyllithium & secrets of Pompeii’s limescale
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (94+ words) This week, we discuss new butyllithium formulations and ancient limescale chemistry with Emma Pewsey and Phillip Broadwith. We would love to hear your feedback on this new podcast, so if you have any questions or comments please get in touch....
Diverging selection on body size in specialist terrestrial mammals - Nature Ecology & Evolution
4+ hour, 51+ min ago (1734+ words) Nature Ecology & Evolution (2026)Cite this article Our model considers a system of two resources r1 and r2 and two consumer species x1 and x2, where consumer x1 is a specialist, only consuming resource r1 at rate g, and x2 is a generalist consuming both resources at a…...
AI helps scientists read dinosaur footprints, offering new clues to ancient life
5+ hour, 24+ min ago (657+ words) Dinosaur footprints outnumber bones, but they are hard to interpret. A new AI study reveals how machine learning can help identify who made them. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Skeletons provide an incredible amount of detail regarding a dinosaur's structure and how that…...
Algorithms in the Dust: The High-Stakes Digitization of Paleontology
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (42+ words) The End of Subjectivity in Stratigraphy Data Mining the Mesozoic Era Overcoming the Erosion of Time A New Era of Collaborative Science The Limitations of Machine Vision News, updates and trends in generative AI for the Tech and AI leaders…...