8+ hour, 56+ min ago  (681+ words) Ancient DNA and protein analysis reveal that modern Old Irish Goats are closely related to Bronze Age populations. This continuity highlights both their historical importance and the need for conservation. New findings show that the Old Irish Goat is genetically…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (255+ words) A small fossil snake may hold outsized clues about snake evolution, behavior, and an ancient ecosystem that looked nothing like today's. A newly identified fossil snake from Wyoming is rewriting scientists' understanding of snake evolution. The species, named Hibernophis breithaupti,…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (796+ words) A chance discovery inside a long-overlooked fossil has revealed an unexpected chapter in pterosaur evolution. Around 110 million years ago, two small pterosaurs about the size of modern seagulls were flying over a lake or river, likely searching for food or…...

5+ day, 32+ min ago  (545+ words) Genetic changes enabled animals to repeatedly adapt from water to land, reshaping life on Earth. The question of how life first moved from water onto land continues to fascinate scientists. Early organisms would have faced entirely new environmental pressures outside…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (707+ words) Ancient fossils from South China reveal the earliest bony fishes and shed new light on how jaws, teeth, and key vertebrate features evolved before the major fish lineages diverged. A research team led by Profs. Min Zhu, Jing Lu, and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (450+ words) Shark teeth found in 5-million-year-old whale skulls provide direct evidence of ancient feeding behavior and predator-prey relationships in the North Sea. Researchers studying two fossilized whale skulls discovered pieces of shark teeth lodged inside the bones, providing rare physical evidence…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (626+ words) Scientists discovered Doolysaurus, a baby dinosaur from Korea revealed through CT scanning. The fossil shows a small, likely fuzzy omnivore and suggests more hidden dinosaur remains in the region. In South Korea, a mischievous green cartoon dinosaur named Dooly, known…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago  (385+ words) A dominant "Hulk" lizard morph is wiping out other color variants, demonstrating how fast evolutionary balance can collapse. A wide range of colors that endured for millions of years has vanished in a relatively short time. The culprit? A bright-green…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (856+ words) Scientists recreated a life-sized oviraptor and nest to investigate how these bird-like dinosaurs hatched their eggs. How exactly did oviraptors, bird-like but flightless dinosaurs, hatch their eggs? Scientists have long debated whether these dinosaurs relied mainly on heat from the…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (370+ words) Ancient DNA preserved in seabed sediments suggests Doggerland hosted temperate forests far earlier than expected. Forests covered parts of Doggerland, the now-submerged landmass beneath the North Sea, thousands of years earlier than scientists once thought. The conclusion comes from a…...