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Paleontologists identify new species of extinct armadillo Partetus From fossilized bone embryos collected in the state of Paraná in southern Brazil. Hypothetical artistic reconstruction Partetus Oliveirai…
Paleoanthropologists have discovered 1.5 million-year-old footprints of two very different species of humans. homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei — at the same location near Lake Turkana…
overview Ancient footprints discovered in Kenya belong to two different species of human relatives who walked on the same ground at the same time, a study…
Footprints thought to have been left by an individual of Paranthropus boiseiNeil T. Roach Preserved footprints in Kenya appear to record two different species of ancient…
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new species of Quetzalcotorin azhdarchopterosaur. Nippotherus mifunensis from the Late Cretaceous of Japan. Restoration of life in the giant…
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:…
Marine biologists from Queensland Museum Kurilpa have described a new species of hermit crab. Strigopagurus fragachela (Common name is Strawberry Claw Hermit) Lives from the continental…
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…
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…
A new genus and species of early-diverging oviraptorosaurs have been identified from two specimens discovered in Inner Mongolia, China. rebuilding the life of Yuanyang Long Bai…
Marine biologists have used a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to discover six new species of carnivorous sponges in the cladulidae family on the western edge of…
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…
Paleontologists have identified a species of medium-sized iguanodont ornithopod dinosaur from two specimens found in northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Reconstruction of the life of early rhabdodontomorph dinosaurs…
Questio Sympsonorum It is part of the Ediacaran biota and contains the oldest preserved evidence of complex macroscopic fauna. close-up of Questio Sympsonorum Footprints. Image credit:…
The possum, or Tasmanian tiger, became extinct in 1936huge life science The genome of the extinct possum has been almost completely sequenced, the company that brought…
Marine biologists identify new species of skate Leucolaja It lurks in the deep waters of the southwestern Indian Ocean. brown long nose skates (Leucolaya longirostris), holotype…
Named after the otherworldly sounds these tree frogs make, Boufis The rainforests of Madagascar are expanses, some of which remind us of the sounds of technological…
Boophis pikei, a new species of frog from MadagascarMiguel Vances (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Deep in the forests of Madagascar, researchers have discovered seven new species of frogs…
Paleontologists say they have identified a new species of marine reptile in the ophthalmosaurid family Platypterygius. It lived about 125 million years ago. a pair of…
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…
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…
Palaeontologists from the University of New South Wales have unearthed the fossils of three new species belonging to the thylacine genus. Basitinus, Nimbakinusand Ngamalasinas It inhabits…
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of fossilized bones of a new species of early-branching ceratopsian dinosaur in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Reconstructing your life Sasayama Magnomus Saegusai…
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…
Named Haliotis pilimoana, the newly identified gastropod species is found only on the Manawatawi Three Kings Islands, off the coast of New Zealand’s North Island. Shell…
Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) is a species of flightless parrot endemic to New Zealand. Kakapo (Strigops habroptilusImage courtesy of Jake Osborne. “Our research has prompted us to…
A new genus and species of non-hadrosaur hadrosauroid dinosaur, Chienjiangsaurus chanshengi was identified from a specimen discovered in southwestern China in 2022. Chienjiangsaurus chanshengi Image credit:…
Paleontologists have added a new species to Europe's Cretaceous dinosaur fauna, discovered in Normandy, France. Abelisaurid teeth are associated with the holotype specimen. Caletodraco CottardiImages/Photos Courtesy…
New genus and species of large theropod dinosaur named Alpkaraqsh Kyrgyzics. It was discovered in the Middle Jurassic Barabansai Formation in the northern Fergana Basin of…
A new species of three-bearded rockfish has been described from a specimen taken from a depth of 595 metres in the Tanoudre Valley, off the coast…
Palaeontologists from Japan, Belgium, and the United States have identified a new species of the extinct genus. Ontocetus Nearly complete fossil jaws from the Early Pleistocene…
An international team of ornithologists has described a mysterious new species of bird genus. Marine Life From Chile. Andean Storm Petrel (Oceanites BarocciImages/Photos Courtesy of: Norambuena…
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of metriorhynchid crocodyloform from the Stadthagen Formation in northwestern Germany. Artist image Enarioetes schroederi. Image credit: Joschua Knüppe.…
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new genus and species of troodontid theropod dinosaur based on fossils discovered in Japan. Reconstructing your life Hypnovenator Pinus…
Would drastic action help the reef recover?Serge Melessane / Alamy Corals are being hit hard by global warming, and the only way to save coral reef…
Cruxatodon kiltlingtonensisA small mammal from the Jurassic periodMaiya Carrara During the Middle Jurassic, small mammals lived much longer than modern ones and received parental care for…
New species of early crocodile named Asiatosuchus oenotoriensis was discovered by a team of paleontologists from Spain’s National University of Distance Learning and the University of…
Pakistani paleontologists have uncovered a new genus and species of a prehistoric relative of the giraffe from the Miocene period. Reconstruction of an ancient giraffe. Image…