Greater trophic diversity of soil animal communities under agricultural land use and tropical climate
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Marsupials Previously Thought Extinct for 6,000 Years Discovered: ‘A once-in-a-lifetime discovery’
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Weird-Looking Marsupial Found Alive After 6,000 Years of Alleged ‘Extinction’
Field researchers call them “Lazarus taxa,” species once presumed extinct that suddenly appear to have risen from the…
Human pressure and biodiversity modify forest resilience after extreme multi-year droughts
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Why triceratops and other horned dinosaurs evolved such massive noses
The skull of Triceratops looks almost exaggerated, as if someone enlarged the front half without adjusting the rest.…
Eliminating invasive predators | Nature Ecology & Evolution
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Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaur
Bell, P. R. Standardized terminology and potential taxonomic utility for hadrosaurid skin impressions: a case study for Saurolophus…
The surprising role of baby dinosaurs within the Jurassic food chain
About 150 million years ago, the land that is now the western United States was alive with dinosaurs.…
How a Comox Valley fossil discovery forever changed paleontology in B.C. | Spare News
In late autumn 1988, Richard Hebda — then head of botany at the Royal BC Museum — stepped…
AI helps scientists read dinosaur footprints, offering new clues to ancient life
Dinosaur skeletons often dominate museum halls, from the towering Tyrannosaurus rex known as Sue in Chicago to Sophie…
Did Humans Nearly Go Extinct 900,000 Years Ago? A Biologist Explains
At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what…
It Was Longer Than A Person
Long before dinosaurs, Earth’s forests were ruled by a many-legged giant. Here’s why this millipede’s size still challenges…