3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (107+ words) Credit: Takashi Kamijo, University of Tsukuba This study provides rare genetic evidence of how plants colonize newly formed volcanic islands and offers important insights into the earliest stages of ecosystem establishment in isolated oceanic environments. The findings also highlight the…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (412+ words) image: The geographical location of the Bianfu Cave and the morphology of the two human teeth and three newly discovered Denisovan bones. view more Credit: Image by IVPP Scientists recently discovered various Denisovan remains in Southwest China dating back to…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (570+ words) image: One of the oldest known 3D fossils of an animal has been discovered in a sheep field in the Norwegian Arctic, the first new major site of its kind anywhere in Europe in decades. view more The fossil dates from…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (277+ words) Once on the brink of silent extinction, the Galápagos snapdragon is showing encouraging signs of recovery, thanks to a long-term partnership between the Charles Darwin Foundation and the Galápagos National Park Directorate The project's origins can be traced back to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (473+ words) image: Phylogenetic tree of nearly 700 Neogastropoda genera sampled across the radiation of Neogastropoda colorcoded by superfamily attribution. Selected life Neogastropoda species shown on the right. view more A large scale study of nearly 700 species reveals the evolutionary relationships and history…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (333+ words) SUNY Potsdam professors Dr. Page Quinton and Dr. Michael Rygel awarded $411,477 from National Science Foundation to further research on Devonian-Permian sedimentary rocks image: Seen here placing minerals in the Geology Museum displays at SUNY Potsdam, Dr. Michael Rygel (left) and…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (691+ words) image: Scientists carbon-dated more than 7,500 marine fossils from ocean beds around the world and used that data to determine which environmental factors are most responsible for mixing together fossils from different time periods in the same stratum. view more Paleontologists…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (606+ words) image: Since the early 1900s, chimpanzees have declined by more than 70%. view more In the last few centuries, mammals and other animals have been going extinct at least 100 times faster than they did before humans arrived on the scene. So who…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (529+ words) image: New Monash University research argues our Paranthropus (pictured) and Australopithecus ancestors who lived up to 5 million years ago should be included under the Homo group of species. view more Credit: Ian Towle, Monash University. Recent advances in our understanding…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (121+ words) New study: why do men and women walk differently? A Neandertal pelvis that coexisted with modern humans 35,000 years ago may hold the answer. image: The Neanderthal pelvis view more Credit: Tel Aviv University A natural mechanism that acts as a…...