Dinosaurs ruled Earth for millions of years, but according to the most widely accepted theory, a massive asteroid wiped them ...
For the first time, scientists have analyzed metabolism-related molecules from the fossilized bones of animals that lived 1.3 ...
In 1989, paleontologist Darren Tanke suggested that similar breaks were the result of mating as one dinosaur mounted the ...
While modern octopuses have DNA that consistently gets reshuffled, resulting in some chromosomal mixing, the researchers ...
For the first time, scientists have analyzed metabolism-related molecules from the fossilized bones of animals that lived 1.3 ...
Experts and novices alike hunt for specimens that could change our understanding of evolution – and all only a short day trip from Melbourne ...
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Living fossil of the deep

The Goblin shark has survived nearly unchanged since ancient oceans, earning its reputation as a true living fossil. This video walks through its discovery, its transparent skin that reveals blood ...
The vampire squid genome shows it kept ancient features shared with squids, while octopuses gained major chromosomal changes.
Grand Canyon fossils in the Bright Angel formation reveal 500M-year-old animals with dual feeding structures, reshaping ...
Fossils from Qatar have revealed a small, newly identified sea cow species that lived in the Arabian Gulf more than 20 million years ago. The site contains the densest known collection of fossil sea ...
A new study published in Science shows that these plants—called cycads—use infrared radiation from heat as a signal to ...