Feb 20, 2023 by News Staff

Paleontologists have documented the first fossil evidence of foliar nyctinasty — the movements involving circadian rhythmic folding at night and...

Jan 9, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of long-tailed pachypleurosaur from a complete skeleton found in China. An artist’s impression...

Nov 14, 2022 by News Staff

Paleontologists have examined the 514-million-year-old specimens of Gangtoucunia aspera, a tube-building marine animal from the Guanshan Lagerstätte of...

Sep 14, 2022 by News Staff

Paleontologists have examined the fossilized remains of Yuanmoupithecus xiaoyuan, a small Old World monkey species that lived in China during the Late...

Jul 14, 2022 by News Staff

Researchers have sequenced and analyzed the genome of a Late Pleistocene hominin from Red Deer Cave located in Southwest China, which was previously reported...

Jun 30, 2022 by News Staff

Of the many peculiarities that enable the modern giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) to adapt to life as a bamboo eater, its extra ‘thumb’ is the...

Mar 17, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

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...

Feb 8, 2022 by News Staff

Erratus sperare, a new species of ancient marine arthropod from eastern Yunnan, China, had unique trunk appendages that represent an intermediate stage...

Jun 10, 2021 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of zoologists from Australia and China has discovered two new cryptic species in the genus Eupetaurus — which previously included...

Jul 23, 2019 by News Staff

An international team of researchers has discovered a new species of the genus Biswamoyopterus living in the evergreen broad-leaved forests of Mount Gaoligong...