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New multiproxy study suggests megaraptorids were agile apex predators
7+ hour, 20+ min ago (55+ words) Bioengineer.org Subject of Research: The relationship between skeletal pneumatization and body mass in megaraptorid theropod dinosaurs, revealing an evolutionary trend toward a gracile, air-filled model of large-bodied predation Subject of Research: Biology Article Title: Megaraptoridae: a gracile model of…...
Ancient giant tortoise DNA reveals secrets lost to time
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (1000+ words) Bioengineer.org...
Postglacial Colonization and Isolation Shape Venustaconcha ellipsiformis
2+ week, 1+ day ago (594+ words) A new range-wide genetic study of the freshwater mussel Venustaconcha ellipsiformis has revealed how ancient glaciers, changing river systems, and limited dispersal have combined to shape the species’ genetic landscape across North America....
Flowering Plants’ Taxonomic Traits Reveal a Globally Consistent
2+ week, 3+ day ago (577+ words) Plants may look wildly different from one continent to another, yet a new global analysis suggests that the world’s flowering vegetation is organized by a surprisingly small number of recurring biological patterns....
Scientists unravel the mystery behind narwhals’ uniquely twisted tusks
2+ week, 4+ day ago (594+ words) For centuries, the narwhal’s long, ivory-colored tusk was treated as evidence of magic. In medieval Europe, these extraordinary teeth were sold as unicorn horns and were believed to neutralize poison, cure disease, and possess supernatural powers. Modern science has removed…...
Last common ancestor may have climbed vertically, regardless of limb
2+ week, 4+ day ago (586+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio—The last common ancestor shared by humans and chimpanzees may have looked less like a modern ape than many scientists have assumed, but it almost certainly knew how to climb....
Climate change determined Earth’s top predator 35 million years ago
3+ week, 2+ day ago (535+ words) An international team of researchers has reconstructed how the body sizes of Europe’s ancient carnivorous mammals changed during the Paleogene, a period spanning roughly 66 to 23 million years ago when mammals rapidly diversified after the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs....
New fossil evidence upends long-held assumptions about how mammals gave
3+ week, 2+ day ago (591+ words) A fossilized growth signal in the bones of a 236-million-year-old cynodont may have revealed one of the earliest known examples of live birth in the mammalian lineage....
Population history, not age, drives ancient trees’ evolutionary
3+ week, 4+ day ago (427+ words) Ancient trees are often treated as living time capsules, celebrated for surviving centuries of drought, storms, disease and human disturbance. But a new study suggests that their evolutionary importance cannot be judged by age alone....
New Thai mountain dragon lizard named after House of the Dragon’s Syrax
3+ week, 5+ day ago (434+ words) Scientists have identified a new species of mountain horned dragon in the high-elevation forests of western Thailand, and its name has already captured the imagination of fantasy fans. The lizard, formally described as Acanthosaura syrax, is named after Syrax, the…...