7+ hour, 36+ min ago   (368+ words) A recently identified 210-million-year-old dinosaur species from Zimbabwe is shedding new light on how the animals diversified, indicating they spread across distinct ecosystems in southern Africa, scientists said Wednesday. The discovery of the new species, named Musango matusadonaensis, is based…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (268+ words) Researchers have announced the discovery of a new species of giant long-necked dinosaur in Thailand, described as the largest ever found in Southeast Asia. The species, named Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, lived approximately 100 to 120 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous period....

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (500+ words) The method uses eight track characteristics to classify and compare prints more objectively, according to a study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers are now working to develop a methodology using artificial intelligence to help identify which…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (480+ words) A catastrophic mass extinction nearly 445 million years ago did not just erase life from Earth’s oceans. According to a new fossil database analysis, it also cleared the ecological ground for the rise of jawed vertebrates, setting life on a path…...