Ancient DNA Rewrites Story of Enigmatic ‘American Cheetah’
For several decades, paleontologists have described Miracinonyx trumani — an extinct species of cheetah-like felid that roamed the…
Fossil Evidence Pushes Back Origin of Live Birth by 90 Million Years
Paleontologists studying a 236-million-year-old cynodont fossil from Argentina say they have found the earliest evidence yet of viviparity…
Octopuses Use Mirrors to Map Space Like Primates and Dolphins
The post Octopuses Use Mirrors to Map Space Like Primates and Dolphins appeared first on A-Z Animals. If…
This Toothless, Beaked Crocodile Ancestor Walked on Two Legs
During the Triassic period there was an explosion of animal diversity. A cataclysmic extinction event at the end…
Mystery of Tyrannosaurus rex’s Tiny Arms May Finally Have an Answer
Paleontologists from University College London and the University of Cambridge say the large predatory dinosaurs’ tiny arms evolved…