Scientists from a U.S.-based organization called the Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition seeking Endangered Species Act protection for nine...
A new study published in the journal Geology suggests extinct arthropods known as trilobites were likely able to venture into very shallow water of the...
Using an innovative screening method, a team of scientists from Australia and the United States has discovered a peptide in the venom of the Peruvian green...
A team of paleontologists led by Dr Guan-bao Chen of Anhui Geological Museum, China, says a newly discovered fossil of a Mesozoic ichthyosaur reveals the...
Marine scientists from UK have successfully demonstrated a novel method of identifying and counting whales using very high resolution satellite imagery,...
Chinese and Thai biologists say they have discovered a new stone oak species in Thailand.
Lithocarpus orbicarpus, a branch with leaves. Image credit: S....
The first genome sequencing of the 12,600 years old skeletal remains of a small boy discovered at the Anzick Clovis site in Wilsall, Montana shows that...
U.S. Geological Survey researchers have produced the first complete global geologic map of the Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede.
Global geologic map...
A new study published online in the journal Nature Communications sheds light on high-altitude adaptations in modern Tibetans. Also, it suggests that Tibetans...
According to a team of biologists led by Dr Vladimir Dinets from the University of Tennessee, certain species of crocodiles are able to climb trees as...
Planetary researchers led by Georgia Institute of Technology PhD candidate Lujendra Ojha have examined Martian recurrent slope lineae (RSL) – mysterious,...
Astronomers led by Dr Stefan Keller of the Australian National University say they have discovered the oldest star ever seen in the Universe.
This image,...
U.S. biologists led by Dr Lee Dyer from the University of Nevada Reno have described a new plant species from the Andes Mountains of Ecuador.
Left: Piper...
Archaeologists today announced the discovery of a series of footprints left by a group of adults and children about 800,000 years ago.
Human footprints,...
A new study, conducted by a large consortium involving more than 30 groups from the United States, Canada, Australia and European countries, provides a...
