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Understanding food chains in ancient ecosystems is one of the goals of paleoecology. Direct evidence of these interactions is rare and includes fossils with stomach contents…
A new genus and species of enantiornithine bird in the family Bohaiornithidae has been identified from a nearly complete, articulated skeleton preserved with feather marks found…
An archaeologist from Oxford Cotswold Archeology (OCA) has made an exciting discovery of 321 11th-century AD silver coins (319 full pennies and 2 cut halfpence) in…
A new genus and species of an ankylosaurid dinosaur has been discovered in China’s Kangdaliang Mountain (1,262 meters above sea level). There are two Ankylosaurs. Image…
Paleontologists have discovered two new three-dimensionally preserved aculiferous mollusks from the Silurian period, showing that the earliest molluscs were more complex and adaptable than previously known.…
Paleontologists from Western University of Health Sciences, Brigham Young University, Arizona Museum of Natural History, and Auburn University reported on the new specimen. haplocanthosaurus Based on…
Paleontologists from the New York State Museum and New York University Orange, New York, unearthed the fossilized remains of an adult mastodon near Scotchtown, New York,…
A new genus and species of Monophenestratan pterosaur has been identified from partial and postcranial fossils discovered in the Chubut province of Patagonia, Argentina. named Mercamtel…
The orange fur on the underside is Nepenthes The leaves are why this plant is named after an orangutanAlviana Damit A newly described species of Nepenthes,…
These relatives are Pterodactylus. This will allow paleontologists to reconstruct the flying reptile’s life history from hatching to adulthood. holotype specimen of Pterodactylus antiquus. Image credit:…
Apachius Madseni This is the first fossil representative of the mysterious earwig family Apachiidae. Apachius Madseni. Image credit: Simonsen others., doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.5.7. The newly described species…
A momentous (or more accurately prehistoric) finding was unearthed just below the Earth’s surface on a New York homeowner’s lawn.A full mastodon jaw was found in…
Paleontologists have identified a new species of procolophonid reptile from fossilized skull and jaw fragments found in southwest England. rebuilding the life of Treodatos casmatos. Image…
Vampire-like Hedgehog Hylomys MacaronAlexei V. Abramov In 2023, scientists in Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong River region described an astonishing 234 new species. The discovery was announced…
Palaeospondylus ganniwas a small, eel-like creature that lived during the mid-Devonian period, about 390 million years ago, and is among thousands of similarly preserved fossils from…
dark comet First Interstellar Object 1I/2017 U1 ‘A small object with no detected coma, similar to ‘Oumuamua, with large accelerations that can be explained by volatile…
Homo juruensis Emerging human species, including the mysterious Denisovans and several hominid fossils from Tibet, Taiwan and Laos, lived in East Asia from about 300,000 to…
Today, the moon is a cold, dead world, but it hasn’t always been that way. Early in its history, the Moon was host to volcanic activity.…
Bacteria on a sample of asteroid Ryugu observed using an electron microscopeMatthew J. Genge et al. 2024 Rocks brought back to Earth from the asteroid Ryugu…
overviewA recent study has identified a new chemical byproduct that may be present in the tap water of approximately one-third of U.S. households. The potential dangers…
For decades, paleontologists have hypothesized that a major group of animals called ecdysizoans must be older than the Cambrian, but until now their origins have remained…
An international research team has described a new, smaller species of gecko. pseudogonad Originally from the Paria Peninsula in northeastern Venezuela. Pseudogonatodes fuscofortunatus. Image credit: Shargel…
Paleontologists have described a new species of pachypleurosaur that lived during the mid-Triassic period in southwestern China. holotype of Dianmeisaurus mutaensis From the Guanling Formation, China:…
The fabled “Doomfish” has reappeared in California.The rare and long ribbon-shaped oarfish, often seen as a sign of impending disaster, has washed ashore on a California…
A new genus and species of Ankylosaurus has been identified from an articulated partial skeleton discovered in southern China in 1986. artistic reconstruction Huaxiazhou Longshouwen. Image…
Farm workers exposed to infected dairy cows found to have avian influenza antibodiesHelen King/Getty Images There may be more human cases of avian influenza in the…
Newly discovered tardigrade species using genome, transcriptome and proteome analysis Hypsibius henanensis scientists investigated the molecular basis that contributes to radioresistance in these small invertebrates. Schematic…
Paleontologists have recovered a fossilized jaw fragment and three isolated bones from a relatively large (by Late Cretaceous standards) new species of Metatheria in the Williams…
Ornithologists have described a new species of tanager in the genus Snapdragon. Trichotraupis It lives on the eastern slopes of the Andes. Trichotraupis melanops (above) and…
Congratulations, you're twinsK. Miller, R. Hart/California Institute of Technology/IPAC A strange star that has confused researchers for decades now makes sense. It turns out that it…
Marine biologists have discovered adult tubeworms and other extrusive animals beneath the ocean floor of the East Pacific Ridge, a volcanically active and rapidly spreading ridge…
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of long-nosed notothids from fragmentary remains found in Brazil's Adamantina Formation. Epoidesuccus tavaresae is a new species of…
Xibalbanus turmensisThe poisonous remipede, found in the caves of Antiarin on the Yucatan Peninsula, is the only crustacean for which a venom system has been described.…
A team of marine biologists led by researchers at Florida International University has described a new species of shark. Sphyrna Native to the Caribbean and Southwest…
New genus and species of Silesauridae named Gondwanax paracensis It was identified from fossilized remains found in southern Brazil. Gondwanax paracensis. Image credit: Rodrigo Temp Müller,…
Living Coelacanth Latimeria Coelacanths are iconic “living fossils,” one of the most conservative groups of vertebrates. Now, paleontologists have described a new species of primitive coelacanth…
Based on multiple analytical techniques applied to two well-preserved soft-bodied specimens of trilobites, the Late Ordovician species Triarturus Eatonii and Middle Cambrian species Polygonum gracilis, paleontologists…
The newly discovered theropod and ornithopod dinosaur footprints date back to the Early Cretaceous period, more than 120 million years ago, when Australia was still connected…
Palaeontologists from the University of Bath and elsewhere have described a new genus and species of kritosaurine hadrosaur dinosaur from a partial skull discovered in the…
Paleontologists have unearthed the skeletal remains of a previously unknown species of rock-backed dinosaur at the Lo Hueco fossil site in Cuenca, Spain. Artist’s Reproduction Cuncasaura…