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FSU scientists find gas emissions from rocks may have contributed to ancient climate swings, mass extinctions
2+ hour, 20+ min ago (503+ words) Modeled global temperature changes in degrees Fahrenheit from the combined effects of metamorphic carbon and sulfur emissions over several millennia. Red shading indicates net warming and blue shading net cooling. The garnet dashed line indicates the warming that would result…...
Pterosaurs Would Have Had More Diverse Wing Shapes Than Previously Thought, Study Shows | Newswise
2+ week, 1+ day ago (159+ words) Pterosaurs, the first vertebrates to fly, would have had more diverse wing shapes than current scientific reconstructions suggest, according to new University of Bristol-led research. The study is published in the journal Paleobiology today [Tuesday 23 June]....
Study Finds Evidence Moose Inhabited Southern Rockies Centuries Before Modern Reintroductions | Newswise
2+ week, 1+ day ago (382+ words) Newswise " June 23, 2026- New research by an interdisciplinary team of scientists, archivists and Tribal cultural heritage leaders suggests moose inhabited Colorado's southern Rocky Mountains centuries before state wildlife reintroductions began in the late 1970s. The study draws on archaeological evidence, historical records…...
Ancient Millipedes Still Had Secrets to Tell | Newswise
3+ week, 5+ day ago (424+ words) A Virginia Tech-led team of international scientists has solved one of the last major mysteries in millipede evolution, revealing new clues about a group of animals that helped pave the way for life on land. The findings, published in Current…...
Capacity of certain unicellular organisms to stick together may be key to animal evolution
3+ week, 6+ day ago (283+ words) A recent study by Ruibao Li and Jennah Dharamshi published in Nature may help us understand the beginnings of animal evolution billions of years ago. These findings are the result of a collaboration between researchers at Indiana University Bloomington, the…...
Pioneering research sheds new light on what shaped extinction pattern of prehistoric marine life " and size clearly mattered
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (502+ words) Scientists have shown conclusively for the first time that tiny marine organisms in polar oceans survived the mass extinction event that wiped out prehistoric dinosaurs because they needed less energy and were more tolerant to darkness. The study, led by…...
UWM Research Sheds New Light on the Evolution of Hagfish Eyes
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (422+ words) Fossil of the extinct stem hagfish Squirmarius testai from the Late Carboniferous Mazon Creek fossil site, bearing small eyes with spherical melanosomes and lenses. Newswise " New research led by a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee geoscientist provides insight into how one of…...
UWM Research Sheds New Light on the Evolution of Hagfish Eyes | Newswise
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (100+ words) New research led by a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee geoscientist provides insight into how one of the most primitive living vertebrates evolved its uniquely simple visual system....
Tiny rodent-like mammals roamed the ancient Arctic, outlasted the dinosaurs
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (258+ words) Camurodon borealis had the teeth of herbivores. Researchers have discovered three new rodent-like species that inhabited the ancient Arctic 73 million years ago. Their fossil teeth offer surprising clues on where they came from and how they outlived the dinosaurs. Read…...
FAU Study Maps First Brain Blueprint of a Fly's Split-Second Great Escape
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (355+ words) Have you ever wondered how a fly manages to dodge you in a split second? Scientists have long been fascinated by the lightning-fast reflexes that help flies escape danger almost instantly. But despite decades of research, they still don't fully…...