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Under the full moon, thousands of 'living fossils' emerge
4+ hour, 7+ min ago (33+ words) Yahoo When the full moon rises over Ocean City, Maryland, one of nature's oldest rituals begins, a spectacle 450 million years in the making....
Guianan Cock-of-the-rock
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (58+ words) (IMAGE) EurekAlert! Guianan Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola). Sentier des Coqs-de-Roche, French Guiana. University of Michigan researchers found that birds in the group Passeriformes evolved in rapid bursts that coincided with climatic shifts. More on this News Release AI tool reveals climate…...
Japan's 3.5-Million-Year-Old Giant Salamander Fossils Reveal New Species Never Seen Before; Here's What Scientists Found
55+ min ago (485+ words) Dikshant Sharma is a Senior Sub Editor at The Sunday Guardian, with over three years of experience covering geopolitics, science, lifestyle, trending news, and SEO-driven content. He is known for crafting impactful, engaging stories that balance editorial depth with digital…...
Rates of passerine body plan evolution in time and space | Nature Ecology & Evolution
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (1730+ words) Nature Ecology & Evolution (2026) Cite this article Jablonski, D., Roy, K. & Valentine, J. W. Out of the tropics: evolutionary dynamics of the latitudinal diversity gradient. Science 314, 102–106 (2006). Weir, J. T. & Schluter, D. The latitudinal gradient in recent speciation and extinction rates of birds and mammals. Science…...
Could elephants and mammoths interbreed? Could there have been a 'mammophant'?
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (159+ words) Historical interbreeding between modern-day elephants and woolly mammoths was not necessarily impossible, but it is highly improbable it ever happened for a number of reasons. The first significant factor is the two species (and in elephant terms, we’re talking Asian…...
New Study Defines Conditions for Long-Term Biodiversity Net Gain
13+ hour, 57+ min ago (390+ words) WhoWhatWhy New Study Defines Conditions for Long-Term Biodiversity Net Gain PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site…...
Scientists find 24-million-year-old Kevda fossils in Assam, rewriting the plant's history
3+ hour, 38+ min ago (468+ words) Scientists have uncovered 24-million-year-old fossilised Kevda leaves in Assam's Makum Coalfield, revealing that the fragrant plant existed in the Indian subcontinent long before human civilisation emerged. The study by researchers from the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP) shows that…...
Rare T. rex fossil sells for record $50.1 million at auction
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (381+ words) A giant Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton sold for $50.1 million at an auction in New York on Tuesday, marking a new record price for a dinosaur fossil. The T. rex, nicknamed Gus, is a towering figure, standing at 12.5 feet fall and roughly 38 feet…...
Fossil's 200-Million-Year Journey Unveiled
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (328+ words) This powerful and accessible tool for palaeogeographic research and education is now presented in an article in the journal Scientific Reports. The authors are experts Noa Scholz-Murcia, Alejandro Rodríguez-Mena, Víctor Madarnás-Gómez and Antonio Monleón-Getino, from the Department of Genetics, Microbiology…...
Could elephants and mammoths interbreed? Could there have been a 'mammophant'? | Discover Wildlife
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (159+ words) Historical interbreeding between modern-day elephants and woolly mammoths was not necessarily impossible, but it is highly improbable it ever happened for a number of reasons. The first significant factor is the two species (and in elephant terms, we’re talking Asian…...