Biodiversity loss will decrease the future creditworthiness of nations
Following recent innovations in the field of environmentally adjusted sovereign credit risk analysis31,56, a random forest classification model…
New Crocodile Cousin Discovered After 210 Million Years Hidden in Stone
210 million years ago, Eosphorosuchus lacrimosa (left) is disturbed by Hesperosuchus agilis (right) near a Coelophysis carcass at…
Triassic fossil reveals a beaked, bipedal reptile that looked like an ostrich dinosaur
The Late Triassic was full of animals that look almost familiar, right up until you place them on…
Ancient Goose Fossil Challenges Long-Held Theories About New Zealand Birds
A reconstruction of the St Bathans goose (Metechen luti). Credit: Artwork by Sasha Votyakova, © Te Papa CC…
A 121-Million-Year-Old Bird Was Already Peacocking Before Peacocks Existed
The fossil of Plumadraco bankoorum. Credit: Clark et al. “Peacocking” gets its name from one of nature’s most…
Human shielding from wolves facilitates jackal expansion across Europe
Hardin, G. The competitive exclusion principle. Science 131, 1292–1298 (1960). Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Barnosky, A. D.…
Scientists Discover 43-Foot Sea Reptile Twice the Size of a Great White Shark
The holotype for the newly described Tylosaurus rex is a giant specimen displayed at the Perot Museum of…
Scientists Discover Terrifying Giant Crocodile That Hunted Human Ancestors
Artistic Illustration of Lucy’s Hunter Crocodile. Credit: Tyler Stone, University of Iowa. A newly named crocodile species from…
Europe Was Never a Giant Dark Forest, New 20-Million-Year Study Reveals
Artist’s reconstruction of what landscapes in Central Europe may have looked like during the Early Late Miocene, according…
Scientists Solve 320-Million-Year Mystery of Reptile Skin Armor
While skin bone plates are well studied in crocodylians (shown here in a gharial, in purple), their presence…
This 25 Million Year Old Platypus Had Teeth Built to Crack Open Armored Prey
Artistic reconstruction of Obdurodon in its natural environment. Credit: Gen Conway/Flinders University Paleontology Lab The platypus is already…
380-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil Reveals Secrets of Life’s First Steps Onto Land
Life reconstruction of Devonian tetrapodomorph fish Koharalepis jarviki. Original painting by honors student and paleoartist Thomas Turner. Credit:…