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From flat moss to forests and flowers: New discovery may explain how plants conquered land
4+ hour, 43+ min ago (974+ words) Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have identified a previously unknown protein that may help explain how plants managed to colonize land more than 400 million years ago image: Images of moss during three-dimensional growth. Left: abnormal bud development in when…...
Ancient oceans began suffocating millions of years before Triassic mass extinction
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (534+ words) image: Members of a field team examine an outcrop of rock layers in Grotto Creek in Alaska's Wrangell'St. Elias National Park in 2019. view more One of the most devastating extinctions in Earth's history is best known for what didn't die…...
Heron-like, fish-eating dinosaur from 70 million years ago discovered in Argentina
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (679+ words) Palaeontologists estimate that the new species " described based on fossils unearthed at a ranch in Argentina " grew up to three metres long video: Animation of Kank australis by Gabriel D'az Yant'n view more Credit: Credit to Gabriel D'az Yant'n A…...
Cotyledon shape [IMAGE] | Eurek Alert! Science News Releases
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (23+ words) Cotyledon shape (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Please credit Leo Serra. More on this News Release Mechanical forces and cell shape guide how plant stomata form...
Anthropod Magnicornaspis garwoodi
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (73+ words) (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Flinders University's Thomas Turner (left) and Dr Russell Bicknell (right) with Turner's illustration of the 500-million-old anthropod Magnicornaspis garwoodi. More on this News Release Forgotten fossil helps rewrite part of animal evolution...
Forgotten fossil helps rewrite part of animal evolution
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (543+ words) An international study led by Flinders University has looked in places others haven't before " and opened a new chapter to life on Earth. New research, to be published in BMC Biology at NOON GMT on 28 May, helps to fill in…...
An artist's impression of Plumadraco with the fossil in the background
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (48+ words) (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! An artist's impression of Plumadraco with the fossil in the background Credit must be given to the creator. More on this News Release Ancient bird displayed its long tail feathers to attract mates...
Alexander Clark using a handheld XRF device to assess the chemical composition of the Plumadraco fossil.
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (121+ words) Eurek Alert! Alexander Clark using a handheld XRF device to assess the chemical composition of the Plumadraco fossil. Credit must be given to the creator. More on this News Release Ancient bird species found in China's Liaoning: Extra-long tail feathers…...
Feathered dragon" had some of the longest tail feathers ever found on a fossil bird
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (355+ words) Plumadraco was the size of an American robin, but its tail feathers were about a foot long, twice the length of its body," says Alex Clark, a Ph D candidate at the Field Museum and the University of Chicago and…...
Ancient bird displayed its long tail feathers to attract mates
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (382+ words) New species from the Cretaceous bears longest, best-preserved examples of extinct type of tail feather image: An artist's impression of Plumadracowith the fossil in the background view more The authors add: "This new fossil bird, Plumadraco, strongly suggests that elongate…...