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Across China: New fossil analysis sheds light on evolutionary history of Jurassic Ginkgoalean plants
11+ hour, 9+ min ago (198+ words) Sunday, 11 Jan 2026 BEIJING: Global researchers recently made new progress in the systematics and evolutionary diversity of Mesozoic ginkgoalean plants, according to the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The research, conducted by the institute…...
New fish species discovered in China's Xizang
4+ week, 13+ hour ago (210+ words) Sunday, 14 Dec 2025 LHASA, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- A new fish species has been discovered in Zayul County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, providing insights for studies of fish diversity and biological evolution in the Himalayan area, said the Institute of Plateau Biology…...
Hand and foot fossils found in Kenya for ancient human relative
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (594+ words) Saturday, 18 Oct 2025 (Reuters) -Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human relative dating to 1.52 million years ago, revealing that this species would have been able to grasp and…...
Feature: Jane Goodall, whose Tanzania research reshaped primatology, dies at 91
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (390+ words) Friday, 03 Oct 2025 by Xinhua writers Hua Hongli, Lucas Liganga DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The world is mourning Jane Goodall, the renowned ethologist, primatologist, and conservationist, who died Wednesday at 91. Her pioneering research in Tanzania's Gombe National Park reshaped scientific…...
Annual Dino Fest kicks off at Los Angeles Natural History Museum
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (125+ words) Monday, 15 Sep 2025 LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opened its 10th annual Dino Fest on Sunday, drawing dinosaur enthusiasts of all ages with rare fossil exhibits, interactive activities and talks with leading paleontologists. The event,…...
China Focus: China taps global expertise to build world-class dinosaur geopark
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (529+ words) Monday, 01 Sep 2025 HARBIN, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- On the sidelines of an international fossil protection forum in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, hundreds of participants eagerly picked up hammers and carefully scoured the ground for fish fossils, immersing themselves in the hands-on thrill…...
'Jaw-droppingly weird' dinosaur from Morocco was studded with spikes
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (544+ words) (Reuters) -Around 165 million years ago on a coastal floodplain in what is now Morocco lived one of the most extreme dinosaurs on record, lavishly adorned with armor and spikes - some about three feet (one meter) long - unlike that of any…...
Ethiopian fossil Lucy leaves for her first exhibition in Europe
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (499+ words) The human ancestor fossil known as Lucy left Ethiopia for display in a European museum, Ethiopian national media reported on Friday, citing Tourism Minister Selamawit Kassa. Lucy's skeleton, which is 40% complete, left Ethiopia on Friday and will be displayed at…...
The last-ditch race to save the Orinoco crocodile
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (1020+ words) CAPANAPARO, Venezuela (Reuters) -Venezuelan biologist Carlos Alvarado, 34, has one hand on the young crocodile's neck and another on its tail. With the help of some tape and calipers, he is measuring it, tracking its growth a few days before it…...
Eat, prey, eat: Fossil find in China reveals unusual dinosaur-mammal food chain
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (706+ words) Fossilised remains of newly identified dinosaur species and mammal suggest they were both predator and quarry to each other ... Saturday, 26 Apr 2025 A remarkable fossil discovery in northeastern China has revealed a twisted prehistoric food chain " a dinosaur species that devoured…...