For decades, the image of megalodon has loomed large in our collective imagination—a monstrous version of today’s great white shark,…
Category: Biology
Complete Skeleton Solves 140-Year-Old Mystery of Mixodectes pungens
For over 140 years, Mixodectes pungens, a small arboreal mammal from the early Paleocene epoch, remained an enigma. First described…
Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Australian School After 20 Years
In a remarkable twist of fate, a dusty slab of rock that had sat quietly in an Australian school for…
New Study Reveals Triassic Terrestrial Life in Central Europe
The Triassic period, spanning from approximately 252 to 201 million years ago, represents one of the most transformative times in…
1.4 Million-Year-Old Human Fossil Found in Atapuerca, Spain
A remarkable discovery in northern Spain has given archaeologists and paleoanthropologists an exciting glimpse into the early human past. A…
Study Reveals Terrestrial Refugium in China During “Great Dying”
A groundbreaking study recently revealed that the Turpan-Hami Basin in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region acted as a refugium, or…
Genome Study Redraws Mollusk Evolutionary History
An international team of researchers has resolved long-standing questions about the evolutionary history of mollusks, one of the most diverse…
New Method Could Revolutionize the Fight Against Malaria and Other Mosquito-Borne Diseases
A groundbreaking study led by researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in collaboration with partners in Africa and the…
Synovial Joints Evolved in Ancient Jawed Fish, Study Finds
The efficient architecture of our joints, which grants our skeletons both flexibility and durability, traces its origins back to some…
Rats Can Distinguish Between Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc Wines
In a groundbreaking study, researchers from the University of Trento, the University of Lincoln, the University of London, and the…
Study Reveals Genetic Bottleneck in Neanderthal Evolution, Contributing to Extinction
A groundbreaking study led by an international team of researchers, including faculty from Binghamton University, State University of New York,…