Nov 22, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of paleontologists has unearthed the skull of a large rhino that perished in a volcanic eruption about 9.2 million years ago in what...

Nov 22, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of paleontologists has resolved the evolutionary relationships of strange prehistoric mammal Necrolestes patagonensis. This illustration...

Nov 15, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists from the University of Florida have identified an ancient intermediate form of the white shark, which shows present-day white shark likely...

Nov 13, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of archaeologists from Tel Aviv University has unearthed ruins of a 3,100-year-old temple at the site of Tel Beth-Shemesh. This image shows ancient...

Nov 8, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Small stone blades and other tools found in a cave near Mossel Bay in South Africa have provided proof that Stone Age humans invented the technology of...

Nov 8, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new species of horned, plant-eating dinosaur has been identified by U.S. and Canadian paleontologists from fossils originally collected in 1958. An artist’s...

Nov 7, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of paleontologists led by the University of Michigan has studied fossilized teeth of saber-toothed cats and bear dogs found at Cerro...

Nov 6, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of biologists has made the first complete description of the spade-toothed beaked whale, Mesoplodon traversii, a whale species previously known...

Nov 2, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A gene that is associated with regeneration of injured nerve cells has been identified by a team of researchers led by Prof Melissa Rolls of Penn State...

Nov 2, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new analysis of the Terracotta Army, a famous collection of clay sculptures depicting the army of the first Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang (259 –...

Oct 25, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international team of scientists has sequenced mitochondrial genome of first New Zealand settlers, and revealed a surprising degree of genetic variation...

Oct 24, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A study led by Prof Kristen Hawkes at the University of Utah provides new mathematical support for the ‘grandmother hypothesis,’ a theory that humans...

Oct 24, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A professional paleontologist has identified a new species of coelacanth from 100 million-year-old fossil remains found in the fossil-rich Duck Creek Formation,...

Oct 19, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Australian researchers claim they have developed milk that protects human cells from the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Dr Marit Kramski of the University...

Oct 19, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Australian scientists have shown that an enzyme called tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA), which plays a vital role in the removal of blood clots,...

Oct 15, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

According to a team of British scientists, the interaction between the region of the brain that processes sound – the auditory cortex – and...

Oct 12, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

According to an international team of paleontologists, a Cambrian fossil arthropod found in China is the earliest known fossil to show a brain. This image...

Oct 12, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A multinational team of astronomers led by Dr Joel Kastner of Rochester Institute of Technology has captured stunning views of four planetary nebulae:...

Oct 12, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of Australian scientists has proposed a new mathematical theory to explain the mysterious phenomenon known as ball lightning. Sightings of ball...

Oct 11, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of biologists led by Dr Yuen Ip of the National University of Singapore has discovered that Chinese soft-shelled turtles, Pelodiscus sinensis, effectively...