3+ hour, 46+ min ago  (240+ words) An international team of researchers, including emeritus professor Wil Roebroeks of Leiden University's Faculty of Archaeology, has uncovered evidence that modern fallow deer have lost much of the genetic diversity once present in their Ice Age ancestors. The findings have…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (569+ 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. Analysis of a little-studied museum fossil has given new insights into a mysterious gap in the fossil…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (154+ words) Mirage News The Dallas Morning News turned to an expert on mosasaurs at the University of Cincinnati to discuss the discovery of a new species found in Texas dubbed "the T. rex of the sea." Researcher Amelia Zietlow at the American…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (151+ words) Mirage News A new Yale study identifies a distinct species of eyeless cavefish, a discovery that challenges long-held conventional wisdom that caves and other subterranean ecosystems are evolutionary dead ends. The study shows that three species of Southern cavefish, including…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (538+ words) Digging deep for ancient life forms provides clues to climate change, the rise and fall of animal kingdoms and even civilisation collapse - while also paving intriguing international career paths for palaeontologists. Among them is Flinders University Emeritus Professor in Palaeontology…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (750+ words) More than a decade after the body of a 70-foot blue whale washed up on the southern Oregon Coast, its skeleton will be installed in a permanent educational display at Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport. Viewers…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (423+ words) Baby dinosaurs were likely fed more nutritious food than their adult counterparts, a finding that could offer insights into their social evolution, suggests a new study. Today, this behavior is typical of birds whose young are confined to the nest…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (549+ words) 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 specialised style of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (729+ words) New research led by Flinders University argues thick tooth enamel helped kangaroos chart an unconventional evolution story, compared to the animals of other continents. A 50-million-year natural 'experiment' among Australia's marsupials suggests that the outcomes of evolution are far from…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (822+ words) Mirage News Tropical ecosystems rely on the infrastructure provided by termites. These insects supply plants with vital nutrients by breaking down organic waste, bringing water to the roots by aerating the soil through tunneling, and sustaining the food chain, as…...