8+ hour, 48+ min ago   (429+ words) New research challenges the view that rock wallabies rarely leave their rocky homes, with implications for modern conservation efforts Rock wallabies are widely regarded as shy cliff-dwellers, rarely venturing far from the safety of their rocky shelters. But new fossil…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (423+ words) New lizard form alters the reproductive strategies of its fellow species Profile picture of a male common wall lizard with the "Hulk" appearance. For millions of years, Mediterranean wall lizards have played by the same rules. Across populations, individuals show…...

1+ week, 35+ min ago   (485+ words) An international research team led by scientists from La Trobe University in Australia and the University of Cambridge is questioning how one of the most complete early human fossils has been classified. Their findings suggest the specimen may not belong…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (472+ words) New study confirms Nanotyrannus holotype was diminutive, distinct species from T. rex New research from a team including the University of Nebraska State Museum's Ashley Poust further moves a decades-long scientific debate toward a conclusion " the Nanotyrannus, a teacup variation of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (565+ words) A University of Cambridge-led team has analysed giant anaconda fossils from South America to deduce that these tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago and have remained giants ever since. Many animal species that lived 12.4 to 5.3 million years…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (217+ words) FoDOCS labs made a strong showing at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's Annual Meeting in Birmingham (Nov 11-15), with both the LeBlanc and Tucker labs presenting cutting-edge research on teeth, jaws, and ears. The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, held…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (222+ words) The international team of experts includes Professor Llu's Gibert, from the Faculty of Earth Sciences of the University of Barcelona, who is the only researcher from a European institution to sign the study. Geological analyses were decisive for dating and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (884+ words) Scientists, including a University of Michigan geochemist, have determined that bones from the foot of an ancient human ancestor discovered in Ethiopia belong to a hominin species that lived at the same time as the famous hominin species Lucy. The…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (472+ words) Biologists who study the evolutionary origin of animals got a bit of a surprise this month when a new study reached the opposite conclusion from a study two years ago about which organisms root the animal tree of life. Both…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (681+ words) CORVALLIS, Ore. - Climate history recorded in a calcite deposit in a southern Nevada cave indicates that the hot, arid southwestern United States experienced significant shifts in temperature and rainfall over the last 580,000 years. The findings, just published in the journal…...