5+ hour, 53+ min ago  (473+ words) Press release issued: 28 May 2026 The study, led by the University of Bristol and published in the journal Nature, sought to solve a longstanding evolutionary enigma: what factors determined whether marine species would survive a mass extinction event known as the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (626+ words) Press release issued: 5 May 2026 The study, published in'Nature Communications, reveals that many bird species possess wing shapes surprisingly ill-suited to their flight performance. In contrast, penguins and hummingbirds stand out as exceptions, having evolved wing shapes closely matched to their…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (334+ words) Press release issued: 10 October 2025 The dolphin-sized ichthyosaur represents the only known example in existence and helps to fill an evolutionary gap in the fossil record of ichthyosaurs. The new study, published today, describes the newly named ichthyosaur called Xiphodracon goldencapensis,…...

10+ mon, 4+ day ago  (675+ words) Staff and postgraduate intranet Press release issued: 24 July 2025 It was previously thought ancient organisms called nectocaridids, which bear a resemblance to squid, were a type of cephalopod " marine molluscs with tentacles and a prominent head. But scientists, co-led by the…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (246+ words) Press release issued: 5 August 2025 New research analysing the bite strength of 18 species of carnivorous dinosaurs has shown that predatory dinosaurs followed different evolutionary paths. While the Tyrannasaurus rex skull was optimized for quick, strong bites like a crocodile, other giant,…...