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Named Bakirib Waliza, this newly identified species is the first filter-feeding pterosaur documented to inhabit the tropics. Artistic reconstruction of the filter-feeding pterosaur Bakirib Waliza in…
A newly discovered genus and species of pseudoarchosaur has been revealed from fossils found in southern Brazil. Taingraqaskus Bellator. Image credit: Caio Fantini. Taingraqaskus Bellator inhabited…
A newly identified honey bee species is part of the genus Apis. Megachile is associated with endangered flowering plant species, such as Marianthus aquilonalis. New Megachile…
Scientists in Australia have discovered a new species of native bee featuring tiny, devilish horns, leading to its whimsically infernal name, Lucifer. The species is called…
A team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen has identified three new species within the genus Nectophrynoides from Tanzania’s East Arc Mountains. Nectophrynoides luhomeroensis seen…
Coffee trees can be propagated by grafting the shoots onto the rootstock of another plant Sirichai Asawarapsakul/Getty Images The time-honored method of grafting plants may hold…
A newly identified species of hermit crab-associated sea anemone, Paracalliactis, has been described by a group of marine biologists from Japan and Australia. This crab creates…
It’s fair to state that the ancient human family tree has always been subject to revision. Take the Denisovans, for instance. These enigmatic ancient hominins were…
Depiction of a teenage girl with a Neanderthal mother and a Denisovan father John Bavaro Fine Art/Science Photo Library This marks the second occasion researchers have…
Fossil brain box and partial skull roof Carnegie Museum of Natural History. This specimen underwent reevaluation and was reclassified, resulting in the establishment of a new…
Chinese paleontologists have identified a new species of Coelacanth, Whiteia anniae, based on two fossil specimens. This breakthrough expands the geographic presence of the genus Whiteia,…
Midlers mentioned that no other Atlantic species reaches such dimensions or establishes extensive lattices. “They are the sole species capable of creating a genuine 3D structure,”…
A new genus and species of pachycephalosaur dinosaur has been identified by paleontologists from five fossil specimens found in the Late Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation in…
A group of ornithologists from the National University of Singapore, Bird Tours Asia Ltd., and the University of Queensland has identified a new and enigmatic species…
Paleontologists have discovered a new collection of Triassic fossils at the Quebrada Santo Domingo site in the northern Pre-Cordillera Basin of northwestern Argentina. Among their findings…
New genus and species of theropod dinosaur named Antebi Sukuri Longs has been reported by a team of researchers from the National University of San Juan,…
Paleontologists from the United States and the Slovak Republic have identified and named a new genus and species of hadrosaur dinosaur that roamed what is now…
Researchers from Argentina, Brazil, and the UK have identified a new genus and species of Abelisaurid Theropod Dinosaur. Geological map indicating the location of Vitosaura Colozacani…
A splendid fairy (left) attempts to evade the cuckoo David Ongley More than 20 bird species globally utilize similar “whining” alarm calls to alert others about…
Breugnathair elgolensis – This species, part of the Hook-tooth group, thrived in the central Jurassic period around 167 million years ago, displaying a unique blend of…
Researchers have discovered a new species within the marsupial genus Marmosa from a single specimen found on the eastern slopes of the Andes in the San…
The newly identified species, scientifically named Garga Draco Zephilius, marks a significant similarity between species from the Hayeg Basin in Romania and the well-known Brazilian Azdaltid…
Paleontologists have identified a new species, Eurhinosaurus—a genus of Longirostrin Ikchosaurus from Europe, notable for its remarkable overbite found in Bavaria, southern Germany. Eurhinosaurus Mistelgauensis. Image…
Hybridization among these species is notable within vertebrate groups. Such occurrences typically take place between recently diverged populations, with the most recent common ancestors of the…
Paleontologists have discovered a new species of extinct crocodile-like creature from fossilized remains found in southwest Montana, USA. Impressions of the artist Thikarisuchus Xenodentes. Image credits:…
A recently identified member of the Megaraptran dinosaur family has been unveiled by a collaborative effort of Argentine and US paleontologists. Joaquinraptor Casali. Image credit: Andrew…
Reconstruction of the artist’s dinosaur Joaquinraptor Casali Andrew McAfee, Carnegie Museum of Natural History During the Cretaceous period, South America was a site of significant dinosaur…
A collaborative team of paleontologists from Portugal, Italy, the United States, and Belgium has enriched their paleontological records with the identification of a new herbivorous dinosaur…
Paleontologists have unearthed fossilized remains of a previously unknown species of pachycephalosaur in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia. These fossils are the most complete and geologically oldest…
Paleontologists have discovered a new species of rodent, acarechimys, an extinct genus that was widely distributed across South America, based on partial jaws and teeth found…
The sizable jaws of the predatory alxaurus species from the latest Triassic period in South Wales, Zanclodon cambrensis, have long captivated researchers. Could it be the…
Marine biologists have identified three new species of deep-sea catanus fish belonging to the Lipalidae family in the Eastern Abyssian area of the Pacific (depths of…
The newly identified Woylie species, Bettongia haoutharae, is likely already extinct, according to researchers from Curtin University, the Western Australian Museum, and Murdoch University. Bettongia haoutharae.…
Male ants of distinct species laid by the same mother: Messor ibericus (left) and Messor structor (right) Jonathan Romiguier In the clutches of the Iberian Harvester…
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new genus and species of eusauropod dinosaurs from the early Jurassic period in China. Mamenchisaurus Young, sister species Huashanosaurus…
Paleontologists have introduced a new genus and species of stem cell turtles, based on complete fossil shells discovered in the early Ale Holocene Denver Formation in…
LONDON – A former graduate student who studied fossils dating back 125 million years has made a significant discovery by identifying a new species of dinosaur…
The newly identified dragonfly species, Corduladensa asorni, found in Alberta’s Dinosaur Regional Park, represents Canada’s sole Mesozoic dragonfly, bridging a significant 30 million-year gap in the…
Paleontologists from Australia have unveiled fossilized remains of a new species within the extinct kangaroo genus Docopseud. Greater Forest Wallaby (Dorcopsis Hageni). Image credit: Melvin Toullec/CC…
Small, toothed mammals represent the most unusual of all whales. If they were still around today, they would be as symbolically Australian as kangaroos. A new…