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The Oldest Butthole Ever Found Is a 290-Million-Year-Old Fossil
6+ min ago (182+ words) It's a butthole. It's functional. It's unglamorous. It's also a weirdly useful clue about how early reptiles were built. That's why the potential cloaca imprint is the star. Near the base of the tail, the fossil shows a narrow slit-like…...
Argentine fossil rewrites evolutionary history of a baffling dinosaur clade
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (1663+ words) Altangerel, P., Norell, M. A., Chiappe, L. M. & Clark, J. M. Flightless bird from the Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 362, 623626 (1993). Qin, Z. et al. Growth and miniaturization among alvarezsauroid dinosaurs. Curr. Biol. 31, 36873693 (2020). Meso, J. G. et al. Revised alvarezsaurian phylogeny and body size and evolutionary rate analyses reveal complex evolutionary history…...
A Giant Millipede Lost to Science For 126 Years Just Turned Up in Madagascar
4+ hour, 8+ min ago (15+ words) A Giant Millipede Lost to Science For 126 Years Just Turned Up in Madagascar'Charlotte Observer...
The Thing: Antarctica’s Gigantic Dinosaur-Era Egg Remains A Mystery
4+ hour, 50+ min ago (11+ words) The Thing: Antarctica's Gigantic Dinosaur-Era Egg Remains A Mystery'IFLScience...
Marine volcanic plateaus tied to at least 4 Triassic extinction events
5+ hour, 24+ min ago (412+ words) A study published recently in Geology identifies marine large igneous provinces (LIPs) as the cause of at least four mass extinctions during the Triassic period, addressing a long-standing question about what triggered the era's repeated die-offs. While the five major…...
Scientists Unearth "Sword Dragon" Fossil Skeleton from UK Coast, Revealing a New Look at Prehistoric Life
6+ hour, 46+ min ago (383+ words) The 190-million-year-old newly discovered ichthyosaur fossil, nicknamed the "Sword Dragon of Dorset," features a remarkably well-preserved skeleton. Its nearly complete remains have opened a window into a transformative period in prehistoric life when major species shifts were occurring in the…...
Science confirms it — Dinosaurs are still among us and some species are "living descendants"
8+ hour, 20+ min ago (466+ words) Long before humans walked the Earth, there were dinosaurs. As with all other living species, they evolved to adapt to their changing environments. If we thought Earth was hot now, we would most likely not have survived the Triassic Period's…...
⚡Did a Spiny Lizard Really Breathe Fire? Fact-Checking the Viral ‘Dragon’ Video
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (88+ words) Fact Check News | "Did a Spiny Lizard Really Breathe Fire? Fact-Checking the Viral "Dragon" Video'LatestLY "Did a Spiny Lizard Really Breathe Fire? Fact-Checking the Viral "Dragon" Video A viral video of a 'fire-breathing' spiny lizard is confirmed to be AI-generated....
Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology: Press release
9+ hour, 28+ min ago (232+ words) A new study published in Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology reveals a surprising link between cellular aging markers and survival in black-legged kittiwakes (members of the gull family). Telomeres are protective DNA sequences at the ends of chromosomes that typically shorten…...
Land plants expanded on land 455 million years ago, reshaping Earth's environment: study
9+ hour, 35+ min ago (36+ words) Land plants began colonizing the continents and shaping Earth's surface environment much earlier than previously thought, a study led by Chinese scientists showed. Land plants expanded on land 455 million years ago, reshaping Earth's environment: study...