10+ hour, 21+ min ago  (382+ words) The primary mission of the University of Washington is the preservation, advancement, and dissemination of knowledge. The University preserves knowledge through its libraries and collections, its courses, and the scholarship of its faculty. It advances new knowledge through many forms…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (570+ words) Newswise " The rocks beneath our feet are leaving a hidden signature in the shells of marine snails along Australia's ancient coastline, according to new research led by Adelaide University scientists. A study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (410+ words) Alnashetri belongs to a group of bird-like dinosaurs, known as alvarezsaurs, that are famous for their tiny teeth and stubby arms ending in a single large thumb claw. Newswise " MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (02/25/2026) " A team co-led by University of Minnesota Twin…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1060+ words) Deep in the deserts of Niger, a UChicago-led team unearthed "Spinosaurus mirabilis"the first new species of its kind in more than a century. Led by paleontologist Paul Sereno, the expedition upends long-held assumptions about how these fish-eating giants lived....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (860+ words) Two Spinosaurus mirabilis sp. nov. spar over a carcass of the coelacanth Mawsonia on the forested bank of a river some 95 million years ago in what is now the Sahara Desert in Niger. A scimitar-shaped head crest and interdigitating teeth…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (224+ words) A reconstruction of a new species of shark, the Cosmoselachus mehlingi, based on a fossil found at the Fayetteville Shale. "The fossils provide a glimpse into shark anatomy unparalleled for this period of time anywhere in the world," says study…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (465+ words) Newswise " Scientists studying the fossil remains of giant prehistoric kangaroos have found that even animals weighing more than 200kg may not have been too big to bounce, overturning long-held assumptions about the limits of hopping. Today, the red kangaroo is the…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (500+ words) Professor Zeresenay Alemseged demonstrates how the fragments of the newly discovered mandible specimen fit together. Top: Multiple views of MLP-3000-1, the newly discovered Paranthropus partial left mandible and molar crown. Bottom: MLP-3000-1 in side-by-side comparison with mandible fossils from other…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (512+ words) Newswise " Dec. 2, 2025" A rare and critically endangered Wollemi pine - fondly nicknamed "Wally" - has taken root in the CU Boulder Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EBIO) greenhouse thanks to a generous donation from two plant-loving CU Boulder alumni. Wally may…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (616+ words) Newswise " COLUMBUS, Ohio " Fish species living in the deep sea feature a surprisingly large range of body shapes that evolved in different ways and at different rates depending on where the fishes live in the ocean, new research shows." Overall,…...