3+ hour, 35+ min ago  (145+ words) 250 million year old proto-mammal egg Lystrosaurus embryo within its partially preserved shell, reconstruction of the animal Credit: Pictures - Professor Julien Benoit Drawing - Sophie Vrard The researchers suggest these eggs were likely soft-shelled, explaining why they have remained elusive for so…...

3+ hour, 20+ min ago  (30+ words) (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! 3 D reconstruction of the skeleton More on this News Release Ancient survivor reveals its secret: First-ever egg of a mammal ancestor discovered...

12+ hour, 21+ min ago  (74+ words) (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! From a to d, showing outer skin, showing the corneous bands in the skin, the segmented skeleton with cartilages, and reconstructed parts of skeleton in colour showing the preserved parts of the rib cage and shoulder region....

12+ hour, 23+ min ago  (34+ words) Fossil (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! Image of a fossil. More on this News Release Breathing and moving in the ancient world of reptiles: What a mummified 289-million-year-old reptile can reveal about us today...

16+ hour, 10+ min ago  (526+ words) A 289-million-year-old mummified reptile is providing scientists with a window into how bodies have evolved when it comes to breathing and movement. Published in Nature on April 8, 2026, the study introduces the oldest known mummified remains of a terrestrial vertebrate " a…...

20+ hour, 45+ min ago  (91+ words) Eurek Alert! This is what it might have looked like around 125, 000 years ago: a European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) next to the foot of a European straight-tusked elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus). Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses…...

23+ hour, 31+ min ago  (653+ words) Neanderthals hunted European pond turtles (Emys orbicularis) in Central Europe though probably not for food. The careful cleaning of carapace elements at Neumark-Nord indicates that shells were reused, perhaps as small containers or scoop-like implements. This is the finding reported…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (193+ words) image: 289-million-year-old reptile Captorhinus in its death pose in a cave system. Oil seepages, hyper-mineralized water, fine clays in this cave made it an ideal environment formummification and fossilization of soft tissues like skin, cartilage, and protein remnants. view more…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (69+ words) Captorhinus aguti (IMAGE)Eurek Alert! Illustrated whole body skeletal diagram in left side viewdepicting the cartilaginous components in yellow that are described for the firsttime in thisstudy. Reisz et al. (Nature 2026) diagram altered from Heaton & Reisz (1980). Heaton, M. J. & Reisz, R. R. A skeletal…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (78+ words) Captorhinus aguti shoulder girdle (ROMVP 88300) with cartilaginous elements in ventral (belly) view. Eurek Alert! Reisz et al. (Nature 2026) diagram altered from Heaton & Reisz (1980). Heaton, M. J. & Reisz, R. R. A skeletal reconstruction of the early Permian captorhinid reptile Eocaptorhinus laticeps (Williston). J. Paleontol. 54, 136-143 (1980). Permission to…...