A new genus and species of mosasaur being named Jormungandr walhallaensis has been discovered by American Museum of Natural History Ph.D. student Amelia...
Minterichnus shieldi, a new type of trace fossil (resting trace) of a phyllocarid crustacean from Texas shows animals trapped in a tidal pool, just before...
A new genus and species of small-bodied ornithopod dinosaur has been described from a partial jawbone unearthed in Texas, the United States.
Model of the...
A new genus and species of petalodont (petal-toothed) shark has been identified from fossilized teeth found in cave passages of Mammoth Cave National Park...
Traditionally, paleoanthropologists believed that humans arrived in North America around 16,000 to 13,000 years ago. Recently, however, evidence has accumulated...
The Waukesha Biota, a 437-million-year-old fossil assemblage from Wisconsin, USA, provides a rare glimpse into life in an ancient lagoon. In his book Wonderful...
Omomyids are a group of small-bodied, tarsier-like primates that lived on the northern continents between 56 and 34 million years ago. They represent the...
OSIRIS-Rex’s capsule containing precious samples from the near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu landed safely in a targeted area of the Department of Defense’s...
Paleontologists have analyzed 125-million-year-old feathers from a dinosaur species called Sinornithosaurus as well as feathers of the early bird Confuciusornis...
Urbanization now exposes large portions of the Earth to sources of anthropogenic disturbance, driving rapid environmental change and producing novel environments....
Marine researchers aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer found the still-unidentified specimen at a small seamount in the Gulf of Alaska on August 30, 2023,...
Eating a vegan diet could reduce grocery bill 16%, a savings of more than $500 a year, according to new research.
Kahleova et al. found that a low-fat...
New proof-of-concept research involving 10 recipes demonstrates that using herbs/spices to create flavor enhanced, healthier versions of commonly consumed...
The American lion (Panthera atrox) may have roared, while the saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis may have produced vocalizations similar to living purring...
Dubbed the Coliseum, the newly-discovered paleontological site contains ornithopod, ceratopsid, and large and small-bodied avian and non-avian theropod...
A new genus and species of eutherian mammal has been described from a handful of tiny teeth found in the Prince Creek Formation in northern Alaska, the...
The golden-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) is a large species of New World sparrow found in the western part of North America. University of...
Chaetae are stiff bristles made of chitin that characterize many species of annelid worms.
Reconstruction of Shaihuludia shurikeni from the Spence Shale...
In a large study of U.S. adults, higher olive oil intake was associated with a moderately lower risk of fatal dementia, irrespective of diet quality.
Increasing...
Skeletal disease may hamper the behavior of large predators both living and extinct. In new research, paleontologists from Evidensia Academy and the La...
