Barn Owls Conquered the Americas After an Incredible Flight Across the Atlantic
Tyto furcata – the American barn owl. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Here’s something strange about barn owls. They’re not…
Ancient proteins offer new clues to what Denisovans looked like
Ancient proteins identify two fossil fragments from northern China as Denisovan, linking molecular evidence to a substantial fossil…
Scientists Discover a 99-Million-Year-Old Insect With a Bizarre Feature Never Seen in Living Species
The newly described species: Cretoduros noonoo. Credit: Dolev Fabrikant Like a bendy straw, an ancient insect’s folded mouthparts…
Ancient DNA identifies 146,000 year-old ‘Dragon Man’ as a Denisovan
Ancient DNA and proteins identify China’s nearly complete “Dragon Man” skull as Denisovan.The fossil, at least 146,000 years…
518-Million-Year-Old Fossil Challenges What We Thought Starfish Came From
Artist’s impression of Yujingia glutenotunica. Credit: Kaiyue He et al. A creature preserved for 518 million years hints…
Newly Identified Frog-like Creature Named by Student Scientists After Their Moms
Allison Sefcovic and Payton Kohlberg hold epoxy sculptures of new species Jeanerpeton mazonensis – Credit: Chicago Field Museum…
A 9-Million-Year-Old Tooth Just Challenged What Scientists Thought They Knew About the Atacama Desert
Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of a group of Cardiatherium, a genus of extinct, direct relatives of modern capybaras, pictured in…
Fossilized Vomit Reveals a Surprising Secret About Plesiosaur Behavior
Artist’s impression of plesiosaurs feeding on the sea floor. Credit: Lente ArtemieffUnusual fossils from an ancient North Sea…
Scientists Found the ‘Chunkiest’ Jurassic Squid Relative Ever Known
Belemnite fossils often look elongated like this. Image credits: James St. John. Among the countless fossils buried in…
Afforestation and reforestation support coupled gains in soil life and carbon storage worldwide
Bastin, J. F. et al. The global tree restoration potential. Science 365, 76–79 (2019). Article CAS PubMed Google…
Adaptive zones of feliforms and evolutionary regimes within terrestrial mammalian carnivores
Simpson, G. G. Major Features of Evolution (Columbia Univ. Press, 1953). Simpson, G. G. Tempo and Mode in…
The Human Family Tree May Need a Major Rewrite
New Monash University research argues our Paranthropus (pictured) and Australopithecus ancestors who lived up to 5 million years…