Tag Archive for 'United Kingdom'

Schematic diagram showing the factors driving global ecological change in the modern day and at the end of the Triassic period. Image credit: Victor Lesh.

End-Triassic Mass Extinction Occurred Slightly Later Than Previously Thought

Nov 19, 2020 by News Staff

An analysis of biomarkers and their stable isotopic compositions from the Bristol Channel Basin at St. Audrie’s Bay and Lilstock, United Kingdom, has...

An artist’s impression of the azhdarchids pterosaur Alanqa saharica. Image credit: Davide Bonadonna.

New Pterosaur Species Found Hiding in Plain Sight in Museum

Nov 11, 2020 by News Staff

A new re-examination of fossil material housed in the Sedgwick Museum of Cambridge and the Booth Museum at Brighton has revealed the fossilized jaw fragments...

Vikings Weren’t All Scandinavian, Ancient DNA Study Shows

Sep 24, 2020 by News Staff

In the popular imagination, Vikings were fearsome blonde-haired warriors from Scandinavia who used longboats to carry out raids across Europe in a brief...

Scientists Sequence Genome of Alexander Fleming’s Original Penicillin-Producing Fungus

Sep 24, 2020 by News Staff

A team of researchers from Imperial College London, the University of Oxford and CABI has successfully sequenced the genome of Alexander Fleming’s original...

Herring gulls. Image credit: Georg Wietschorke.

Herring Gulls Pay Attention to Human Gaze, New Study Finds

Sep 9, 2020 by News Staff

According to new research published in the journal Animal Behaviour, European herring gulls (Larus argentatus) — a large species of seabird in the...

Crowley et al conducted a Q-methodological study to investigate the views of domestic cat owners in the UK on the roaming and hunting behaviors of their pets; they identified five distinctive cat-owner perspectives: (1) Concerned Protectors focus on cat safety, (2) Freedom Defenders prioritize cat independence and oppose restrictions on behavior, (3) Tolerant Guardians believe outdoor access is important for cats but dislike their hunting, (4) Conscientious Caretakers feel some responsibility for managing their cats’ hunting, and (5) Laissez-faire Landlords were largely unaware of the issues surrounding roaming and hunting behavior. These photos show the Q-sorting procedure, with assistance from several cats: (a) participants read each of the 62 statements and place each statement card into one of three piles (‘agree,’ ‘disagree,’ and ‘neutral’); (b) participants then arrange the statement cards in relation to a constrained distribution from ‘most agree,’ through ‘neutral,’ to ‘most disagree;’ (c) a completed Q-sort, with cards turned over to show unique statement numbers on the reverse side; the alphanumeric code C03 in the lower-left corner (written over the photograph) is a participant ID code. Image credit: Crowley et al, doi: 10.1002/fee.2254.

Cat Owners Fall into Five Categories, Study Shows

Sep 4, 2020 by News Staff

A team of scientists from the University of Exeter has surveyed 56 cat owners, some from rural parts of the UK (mostly in south-west England) and some...

An artistic rendering of the Horse Butchery Site and the Boxgrove people; it shows how the site was situated in front of towering chalk cliffs on the edge of an intertidal lagoon; the cliffs to the north provided all the flint used in tool making at the site and, within a few hours, the tide would have begun to cover the site in fine silt, preserving evidence of the day’s activity. Image credit: Lauren Gibson / Institute of Archaeology, University College London.

Homo heidelbergensis was Extremely Resourceful, New Research Shows

Sep 3, 2020 by News Staff

New research pieces together the activities and movements of a group of Homo heidelbergensis, a poorly understood species of archaic humans that lived...

A stone plaquette engraved with abstract designs from the Magdalenian site of Les Varines, Jersey, Channel Islands. Image credit: Bello et al, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236875.

15,000-Year-Old Abstract Art Found in Channel Islands

Sep 2, 2020 by News Staff

A team of archaeologists from the United Kingdom has uncovered 15,000-year-old stone plaquettes extensively engraved with abstract designs at the Magdalenian...

The European mole (Talpa europaea). Image credit: Michael David Hill / CC BY-SA 3.0.

European Moles Hate Eating Sand, New Study Finds

Sep 2, 2020 by News Staff

European moles (Talpa europaea) appear to avoid chewing on sand when eating earthworms because it is likely that they find the sensation as repulsive as...

A fragment of the 1,400-year-old Christian chalice found at Vindolanda in Northumberland, northern England. Image credit: Vindolanda Trust.

Archaeologists Find Unique 1,400-Year-Old Christian Artifact

Sep 1, 2020 by News Staff

Archaeologists have uncovered the fragments of a lead Christian cup, or chalice, lightly etched with symbols of early Christian iconography, at the archaeological...

Scelidosaurus harrisonii. Image credit: John Sibbick.

Paleontologist Redescribes Enigmatic Armored Dinosaur from Jurassic Period

Aug 28, 2020 by News Staff

Scelidosaurus harrisonii, an armored dinosaur that lived around 193 million years ago (Early Jurassic epoch), has been redescribed from a near-complete...

An artist’s impression of Vectaerovenator inopinatus’ final moments. Image credit: Trudie Wilson.

New Carnivorous Dinosaur Unearthed on Isle of Wight

Aug 12, 2020 by News Staff

A new genus and species of theropod dinosaur from the Cretaceous period has been identified from bones found on the Isle of Wight, the United Kingdom. An...

Archaeologists Pinpoint Source of Stonehenge’s Sarsen Megaliths

Jul 31, 2020 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the UK and South Africa has discovered that most of the hulking sandstone boulders — called sarsens — that make...

Neanderthals are commonly thought to have relied on dangerous close range hunting techniques, using non-projectile weapons like the thrusting spears depicted here; this hunting approach is thought to have brought them into violent contact with large mammals, resulting in high levels of injury especially to the head and neck when compared to modern humans; Beier et al found similar head injury levels in both Neanderthals and Upper Paleolithic humans, casting doubt on this hypothesis. Image credit: Gleiver Prieto.

Neanderthals May Have Had Heightened Sensitivity to Pain

Jul 27, 2020 by News Staff

Neanderthals may have experienced more pain than average modern humans do, according to new research led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for...

The 1,900-year-old leather toy mouse from the Roman fort of Vindolanda. Image credit: Vindolanda Trust.

Archaeologists Find 1,900-Year-Old Leather Toy Mouse

Jul 7, 2020 by News Staff

Archaeologists have found a toy mouse at the site of Vindolanda, an ancient Roman military fort and settlement on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, northern...

The 2-km-wide ring of shafts around the great henge at Durrington Walls and the famous site at Woodhenge. Image credit: Gaffney et al, doi: 10.11141/ia.55.4.

Archaeologists Find Giant Ring of Shafts near Stonehenge

Jun 22, 2020 by News Staff

Archaeologists have discovered a 4,500-year-old ring of large ‘shafts’ around the great henge at Durrington Walls and the famous site at Woodhenge,...

Kampecaris obanensis. Image credit: British Geological Survey.

Paleontologists Find World’s Oldest Fossil Bug

Jun 2, 2020 by News Staff

A 425-million-year-old fossil millipede from Scotland is the oldest-known ‘bug’ (an insect, arachnid or other related creature), according to new research...

Wightia declivirostris flying over an oxbow lake in the valley of the ancient Wessex River that flowed from Devon to the Isle of Wight. Image credit: Megan Jacobs.

New Pterosaur Species Identified from Fossil Found in England

Jun 1, 2020 by Natali Anderson

A new genus and species of pterosaur has been identified from a partial fossilized jaw collected on Isle of Wight, southern England. Wightia declivirostris...

A close-up image showing the damaged head and body of Dorsetichthys bechei with the arms of Clarkeiteuthis montefiorei clamped around it. Image credit: Malcolm Hart, Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association.

Jurassic Fossil Reveals Violent Squid Attack in Progress

May 7, 2020 by News Staff

An international team of paleontologists from the University of Plymouth, the University of Kansas and the Forge Fossils has found a specimen of the squid-like...

Turner et al estimated a LEGO brick could survive in the ocean for as many as 1,300 years. Image credit: Turner et al, doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114299.

LEGO Bricks Could Survive in Ocean for as Many as 1,300 Years

Mar 17, 2020 by News Staff

A team of researchers from the University of Plymouth, Rame Peninsula Beach Care and the Lego Lost at Sea Project examined the extent to which classic...

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