Understanding food chains in ancient ecosystems is one of the goals of paleoecology. Direct evidence for these interactions is rare and includes fossils...
A nearly complete but strongly flattened skull of the ancient bird species Diatryma geiselensis has been discovered, after being misidentified and kept...
A new genus and species of bohaiornithid enantiornithine bird has been identified from a nearly complete and articulated skeleton preserved with traces...
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur based on depictions of the now-destroyed specimen from...
A new genus and species of ankylosaurid dinosaur has been identified from the fossilized material found at Kangdailiang Mountain (1,262 m above sea level)...
A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows two protostars in the Orion Nebula, a diffuse nebula located approximately 1,350 light-years...
The newly-discovered species belongs to the mosasaurid genus Carinodens, and was a durophage, adapted for crunching hard-shelled invertebrates.
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This new image from the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a tiny patch of sky in the constellation of Hydra.
This...
Paleontologists in Uruguay have discovered large, poorly preserved and incomplete skulls, as well as several associated bones, of ancient aquatic reptiles...
The Antlia galaxy cluster is a group of at least 230 galaxies held together by gravity; this cluster is unusual — unlike most other galaxy clusters,...
The newly-discovered dinosaur species, Lishulong wangi, lies in the heart of the early sauropodomorph-sauropod transition, according to a paper published...
NASA has released a beautiful photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of the spiral galaxy LEDA 22057.
This Hubble image shows LEDA 22057, a...
Paleontologists from the Western University of Health Sciences, Brigham Young University, the Arizona Museum of Natural History and Auburn University have...
Paleontologists from the New York State Museum and SUNY Orange have unearthed the fossilized remains of an adult mastodon near Scotchtown, New York, the...
Dubbed Archaeocursor asiaticus, the newly-discovered species is the earliest-diverging ornithischian dinosaur yet discovered in Asia, according to a team...
Atrial fibrillation is an independent risk factor for the development of cognitive impairments. Regular coffee consumption has shown cognitive benefits...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 337.
This Hubble image shows NGC 337, a barred spiral galaxy some...
A new genus and species of monofenestratan pterosaur has been identified from partial cranial and postcranial remains found in Chubut Province, Patagonia,...
Apachyus madseni is the first fossil representative of the enigmatic earwig family Apachyidae.
Apachyus madseni. Image credit: Simonsen et al., doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.5.7.
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Paleontologists have discovered a new species of early gorgonopsian therapsid that was part of an ancient summer wet biome of equatorial Pangea.
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