A new genus and species of thyreophoran dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic epoch has been identified from a partial skeleton with cranial and...
A steppe-dwelling rodent species called the Brandt’s vole (Lasiopodomys brandtii) actively modifies habitat structure by cutting down a large, unpalatable...
Bashanosaurus primitivus is the earliest record of Stegosauria in Asia and represents one of the earliest records of this dinosaur group from anywhere...
Erratus sperare, a new species of ancient marine arthropod from eastern Yunnan, China, had unique trunk appendages that represent an intermediate stage...
An international team of scientists from the United States, China, Singapore, France and Canada has decoded the genome of the lychee (Litchi chinensis),...
Scientists have described a huge new species of the genus Begonia from southern Tibet, China.
Habitat and large-sized plant of Begonia giganticaulis: (A)...
A new genus and species of sauropod dinosaur has been identified from a fossilized bone found in China almost 30 years ago.
Life restoration of Mamenchisaurus...
The fossilized dinosaur egg from the Hekou Formation, Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, southern China, is elongate ovoid in shape with dimensions of 16.7 cm...
The bony tongue of the newly-identified enantiornithine bird species, Brevirostruavis macrohyoideus, was nearly as long as its head.
Life reconstruction...
Archaeologists have found the ancient charred remains of tea in a bowl from a Warring State period tomb in the ancient capital city site of the Zhu Kingdom,...
The ancient leather armor, datable to 786-543 BCE, was originally made of about 5,444 smaller scales and 140 larger scales, which, together with leather...
Paleontologists working in Brazil have uncovered the fossil of an ornithuromorph bird that lived during the Early Cretaceous epoch.
Life reconstruction...
One or more volcanic eruptions preceded the majority (62 of 68) of dynastic collapses in China over the past 2,000 years, according to new research led...
Paleoichthyologists in China have re-described Nochelaspis maeandrine, a species of large-sized eugaleaspiform fish that lived 415 million years ago (Devonian...
While most mammals are drab browns and grays, there are a small number of well-known and intriguing exceptions. Perhaps the most famous of all is the giant...
A new genus and species of mixopterid eurypterid (sea scorpion) has been identified from several fossil specimens found in the Xiushan Formation, China.
Life...
Scientists have described two new species of pit vipers in the genus Gloydius from Zayu in Tibet and Heishui in Sichuan, China.
(A, B) the Nujiang pit...
The Carnian stage (lasted from 237 to 227 million years ago) of the Triassic period marks one of the most significant intervals of the past 250 million...
