Paleontology

Sebé-Pedrós, A. et al. The dynamic regulatory genome of capsaspora and the origin of animal multicellularity. Cell 165,…

For all the attention devoted to human evolution, we still don’t know who our direct ancestors were, let…

– credit, Lazaro Viñola López via SWNS Burrowing bees generally prefer to make their nests in the open,…

We all know dinosaurs left their mark on Earth but a new study has revealed the highest number…

For as long as humans have known them, anacondas have been giants. The colossal snakes average four to…

On the ancient plains of Ethiopia, early human relatives were already trying out different ways of being upright.…

In the spring of 2019, free climbers scaling the risky cliffs of Monte Cònero on Italy’s Adriatic coast…

Nowadays, anacondas are usually four to five meters long, but they can reach seven meters. Credit: Andres Alfonso-Rojas…

During the Middle to Upper Miocene period (12.4 to 5.3 million years ago), giant animals walked—and slithered—the Earth…

Layers of rock can tell the story of life on Earth, but only if you know when each…

After the cessation of centuries-long eradication efforts throughout Europe, large carnivores have made a remarkable return over the…

Marisa Gilbert (left) and Dr. Danielle Fraser with fossil of Arctic rhino Epiaceratherium itjilik – Canadian Museum of…

Deep conservation of cis-regulatory elements and chromatin organization in echinoderms uncover ancestral regulatory features of animal genomes