A tiny skeleton, discovered in Triassic-aged rocks within a quarry near Bristol, represents the oldest modern-type lizard on record, dating…
Category: Biology
New Giant Pitcher Plant Species Discovered in Borneo’s Mountains
A team of botanists from Malaysia’s Sabah Forestry Department’s Forest Research Centre, in collaboration with colleagues from Australia, has identified…
New Pterosaur Species Pushes Back Origins of Pterodactyloids
About 230 million years ago, in the Late Triassic period, a remarkable chapter in the history of life on Earth…
New Insights into the Lives of Mosasaurs
The evolution of mosasaurs, a fascinating group of marine reptiles that thrived during the Late Cretaceous period, has long intrigued…
Oldest Gorgonopsian Discovered in Mallorca
An international team of researchers, led by the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) and the Museu Balear de…
Study Reveals Lucy’s Running Limitations
A team of natural scientists, musculoskeletal specialists, and evolutionary biologists from the U.K., along with a colleague from the Netherlands,…
DNA Scaffold Protein Found to Regulate Genes
A groundbreaking discovery has revealed that a cell protein, long thought to merely serve as a structural scaffold for DNA,…
Discovery of Early Cambrian Ecdysozoan Embryos in China
An exciting new discovery by an international team of researchers offers fascinating insights into the early development of Ecdysozoa, a…