5+ hour, 52+ min ago  (496+ words) Dwarf elephants of the Aegean, such as Elephas creticus on Crete and Palaeoloxodon tiliensis on Tilos, exemplify insular dwarfism, an adaptive response to island isolation characterized by limited resources, absence of large predators, and ecological shifts. Morphometric analyses of fossilized…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (563+ words) A newly discovered fish-eating dinosaur from Argentina may have hunted in a way similar to modern herons, offering fresh insight into the ecosystems of South America during the age of dinosaurs. Researchers identified the species, named Kank australis, from fossil…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (427+ words) A new study has found that early humans were building and carefully maintaining grass beds inside a South African cave as far back as 200, 000 years ago. The findings offer the most detailed microscopic look yet at how Stone Age people…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (479+ words) Researchers at Flinders University have uncovered new details about an ancient Antarctic fish fossil closely related to the early ancestors of animals that eventually moved from water onto land more than 380 million years ago. Using advanced neutron imaging technology, scientists…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (475+ words) Researchers have uncovered a major fossil site in Canada's Northwest Territories that could reshape scientific understanding of when sexual reproduction first appeared on Earth. The fossils date to the Ediacaran Period, more than 500 million years ago, when some of the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (478+ words) Gigantic fossils discovered in Thailand have revealed a new species of long-necked dinosaur that lived nearly 120 million years ago, according to a new study. Scientists said the dinosaur roamed a hot and semi-arid environment in what is now northeastern Thailand…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (410+ words) A feathered dinosaur that lived 160 million years ago is forcing scientists to rethink how birds evolved the ability to fly. New research on Anchiornis huxleyi, a four-winged dinosaur from northeastern China, reveals it was not only flightless but likely lost…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (411+ words) Dinosaurs originated roughly 10 million years before their oldest confirmed fossils, according to a new study. Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the research estimates that these animals first appeared between 250 and 240 million years ago. That is significantly earlier…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (508+ words) Scientists have long searched for dinosaur DNA, but none has been recovered. The genetic material breaks down over time, making it unlikely to survive for millions of years. Instead, researchers rely on fossils to understand how these animals lived. Now,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (539+ words) Ancient oceans were dominated by powerful predators, but new evidence suggests a giant octopus may have rivaled them at the top of the food chain. Marine reptiles like mosasaurs once ruled these waters, yet researchers now point to another formidable…...