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Kangaroos took unusual evolutionary path to grazing: Australian study
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (254+ words) CANBERRA: Thick tooth enamel helped kangaroos chart an unconventional evolution story, compared to herbivores on other continents, an Australian study has found. The study, published in Science, analysed fossilised kangaroo teeth spanning millions of years and found that kangaroos, the…...
Life after first mass extinction
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (631+ words) Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than a half billion years ago, showing a deep-water ecosystem thriving in the aftermath of the first mass extinction of the animal world. The…...
10, 000-year-old porcupine fossil goes "missing
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (400+ words) IPOH: A fossil, believed to be that of a porcupine dating back 10, 000 years, previously embedded in a cave wall at Gua Matsoorat near here, has gone missing, raising concerns about the protection of geological heritage sites. Experienced guide, volunteer, explorer,…...
New AI method helps identify which dinosaur made which footprints
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (553+ words) WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Footprints are among the most "common kind of dinosaur fossils. Sometimes scientists find a single, lonely footprint. Sometimes they come across a chaotic jumble of tracks resembling a dance floor, sort "of a dinosaur discotheque. But identifying…...
Across China: New fossil analysis sheds light on evolutionary history of Jurassic Ginkgoalean plants
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (198+ words) Sunday, 11 Jan 2026 BEIJING: Global researchers recently made new progress in the systematics and evolutionary diversity of Mesozoic ginkgoalean plants, according to the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The research, conducted by the institute…...
New fish species discovered in China's Xizang
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (210+ words) Sunday, 14 Dec 2025 LHASA, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- A new fish species has been discovered in Zayul County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, providing insights for studies of fish diversity and biological evolution in the Himalayan area, said the Institute of Plateau Biology…...
Hand and foot fossils found in Kenya for ancient human relative
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (594+ words) Saturday, 18 Oct 2025 (Reuters) -Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human relative dating to 1. 52 million years ago, revealing that this species would have been able to grasp and…...
Feature: Jane Goodall, whose Tanzania research reshaped primatology, dies at 91
7+ mon, 2+ day ago (390+ words) Friday, 03 Oct 2025 by Xinhua writers Hua Hongli, Lucas Liganga DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The world is mourning Jane Goodall, the renowned ethologist, primatologist, and conservationist, who died Wednesday at 91. Her pioneering research in Tanzania's Gombe National Park reshaped scientific…...
Annual Dino Fest kicks off at Los Angeles Natural History Museum
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (125+ words) Monday, 15 Sep 2025 LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opened its 10th annual Dino Fest on Sunday, drawing dinosaur enthusiasts of all ages with rare fossil exhibits, interactive activities and talks with leading paleontologists. The event,…...
China Focus: China taps global expertise to build world-class dinosaur geopark
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (529+ words) Monday, 01 Sep 2025 HARBIN, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- On the sidelines of an international fossil protection forum in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, hundreds of participants eagerly picked up hammers and carefully scoured the ground for fish fossils, immersing themselves in the hands-on thrill…...