4+ hour, 23+ min ago  (404+ words) A brief social media exchange involving tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has reignited discussion about whether science could ever recreate extinct creatures similar to those seen in the film Jurassic Park. The conversation began after technology entrepreneur Nikita Bier wrote on…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (352+ words) Archaeologists have found pieces of animal hide that are about 12,000 years old and may be the oldest known sewn clothing made by humans. The discovery was detailed in a study published in the journal Science Advances. The small scraps were…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (614+ words) Ever wondered why our teeth are so sensitive to pain or even just cold drinks? It might be because they first evolved for a very different purpose than chewing half a billion years ago, a study suggested Wednesday. Ever wondered…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1039+ words) The emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution of many species today - including humans. The emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution of many species today…...

10+ mon, 5+ day ago  (980+ words) Fossils recently unearthed in the Dominican Republic reveal that the islands of the Caribbean served as an unexpected last refuge for these ferocious predators. After the demise of the dinosaurs following an asteroid strike 66 million years ago, mammals became Earth's…...

10+ mon, 6+ day ago  (757+ words) As the world's only surviving egg-laying mammals, Australasia's platypus and four echidna species are among the most extraordinary animals on Earth. As the world's only surviving egg-laying mammals, Australasia's platypus and four echidna species are among the most extraordinary animals…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (449+ words) The fossil of a 113-million-year-old hell ant, believed to have lived among dinosaurs, has now become the oldest ant specimen known to science, according to a new study. The fossil of a 113-million-year-old hell ant, believed to have lived among…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1286+ words) Large kangaroos today roam long distances across the outback, often surviving droughts by moving in mobs to find new food when pickings are slim. But not all kangaroos have been this way. In new research published today in PLOS One,…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1054+ words) We have found, however, that this incredible diversity is underpinned by a hidden mathematical rule that governs the growth and shape of beaks in nearly all living birds. Bird beaks come in almost every shape and size - from the straw-like…...

11+ mon, 6+ day ago  (189+ words) A monitoring exercise at Nawegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) in Gondia under a team of biologists has found the presence of around 50 Indian giant flying squirrels. A monitoring exercise at Nawegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) in Gondia under a team…...