7+ hour, 23+ min ago   (473+ words) image: Phylogenetic tree of nearly 700 Neogastropoda genera sampled across the radiation of Neogastropoda colorcoded by superfamily attribution. Selected life Neogastropoda species shown on the right. view more A large scale study of nearly 700 species reveals the evolutionary relationships and history…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (333+ words) SUNY Potsdam professors Dr. Page Quinton and Dr. Michael Rygel awarded $411,477 from National Science Foundation to further research on Devonian-Permian sedimentary rocks image: Seen here placing minerals in the Geology Museum displays at SUNY Potsdam, Dr. Michael Rygel (left) and…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (691+ words) image: Scientists carbon-dated more than 7,500 marine fossils from ocean beds around the world and used that data to determine which environmental factors are most responsible for mixing together fossils from different time periods in the same stratum. view more Paleontologists…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (529+ words) image: New Monash University research argues our Paranthropus (pictured) and Australopithecus ancestors who lived up to 5 million years ago should be included under the Homo group of species. view more Credit: Ian Towle, Monash University. Recent advances in our understanding…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (398+ words) The microscopic structure of fossilized bones helps solve ‘inscrutable mystery’ about the reproduction of ancestor of true mammals image: "Triassic Mothers," a life reconstruction of a group of Chiniquodon theotonicus individuals, a pregnant female (left) as well as a female…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (270+ words) image: Sampling area - Submeseta Formation on Seymour Island. view more Credit: Boyang Xia et al., 2026 To study the rare fossils without damaging them, the researchers used micro-X-ray fluorescence scanning to map chemical elements across the surface of the bones. The…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (191+ words) Credit: Trivalairat et al., 2026 Scientists have described a new species of lizard from the high mountain forests of western Thailand, and have given it a name straight out of fantasy television: Acanthosaura syrax, named after Syrax, the dragon ridden by…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (459+ words) image: A painted turtle hatchling at the Iowa State University Horticulture Research Station is on the left. The grayish hatchling on the right is a spiny softshell turtle in Nicole Valenzuela's laboratory. view more AMES, Iowa — When most baby turtles…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (22+ words) (IMAGE) EurekAlert! A cross-section scan of the skull. Natural History Museum Denmark Image may be used with appropriate caption and credit....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (311+ words) Early Evolution of Life: Publication in Science Advances Martin: “The surprise is that the enzymes that catalyse those reactions are not conserved across the evolutionary divide that separates bacteria and archaea. We found that the last universal ancestor of all…...