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Model links patterns in sediment to rain, uplift and sea level change

Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)

In a recent study, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin show that another natural record - sediments packed together at basin margins - offers sci...

Study sheds light on the evolution of the earliest dinosaurs

Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)

In 2017, however, this classical view of dinosaur evolution was thrown into question with evidence that perhaps the lizard-hipped dinosaurs evolved first - a fi...

Ancient mountain formation and monsoons helped create a modern biodiversity hotspot

Aug 03, 2020 (SPX)

In a new study in Science, researchers examined the plant life in the China's Hengduan Mountains, the Himalaya Mountains, and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Using D...

Experts' high-flying study reveals secrets of soaring birds

Jul 27, 2020 (SPX)

The Andean condor - the world's heaviest soaring bird which can weigh in at up to 15kg - actually flaps its wings for one per cent of its flight time. The study...

Insights into climate change during origin of dinosaurs

Jul 27, 2020 (SPX)

Recent work suggests that the Wrangellia eruptions caused the CPE, and that the resulting climate change may have spurred the early diversification of dinosaurs...

American crocodiles likely left Africa more than 5 million years ago

Jul 23, 2020 (UPI)

Over the last few years, molecular biologists have shown that the four crocodile species found in the Americas are close relatives of the Nile crocodile, Crocod...

Life in ocean abyss recovered quickly after end-Cretaceous mass extinction event

Jul 14, 2020 (UPI)

An asteroid hit earth at the end of the Cretaceous period creating the Chicxulub Crater in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, and wiping out 75 percent of species o...

Advanced technology sheds new light on evolution of teeth

Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)

Teeth are made of dentine, a tissue which in humans is only found in teeth. However, in sharks the entire body surface is covered with tooth-like scales made of...

Curtin study could rewrite Earth's history

Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)

Published in the journal Geology, the research team measured the iron and zinc isotopes in rock sourced from central Siberia and South Africa and determined tha...

A tiny ancient relative of dinosaurs and pterosaurs discovered

Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)

"There's a general perception of dinosaurs as being giants," said Christian Kammerer, a research curator in paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural...

Amber fossils reveal true colors of 99 million-year-old insects

Jul 01, 2020 (UPI)

There are, however, exceptions. Thanks to a treasure trove of ancient amber fossils recovered from amber mine in northern Myanmar, scientists are gaining new in...

Fish fossils become buried treasure

Jun 19, 2020 (SPX)

As remains of the fish fossilized, they accumulated valuable elements and these fossil beds became concentrated deposits of such metals. This discovery could ai...

Survey of Permian-Triassic biodiversity offers vision of the future of climate change

Jun 17, 2020 (UPI)

According to a new study, the Permian-Triassic mass extinction event, known as the Great Dying, can offer clues. Triggered by a combination of volcanic activity...

First egg ever found in Antarctica may come from extinct sea lizard

Jun 17, 2020 (UPI)

But until recently, the fossilized orb -- nicknamed "The Thing" -- sat unnamed in collections at Chile's National Museum of Natural History. New research, publi...

New discovery of giant bipedal crocodile footprints in the cretaceous of Korea

Jun 15, 2020 (SPX)

While palaeontologists knew that some crocodiles from the "age of dinosaurs" were more adapted to life on land than their modern relatives, these were small ani...

Ancient crocodiles walked on two legs like dinosaurs

Jun 15, 2020 (SPX)

University of Queensland palaeontologist Dr Anthony Romilio said the researchers first thought the similar-shaped fossilised footprints were from another ancien...

Terrestrial extinctions during Great Dying altered chemistry of oceans

Jun 11, 2020 (UPI)

The loss of plants and animals on land during the the Permian-Triassic extinction was followed by major die offs in Earth's oceans. Some 90 percent of all marin...

Volcanic activity and changes in Earth's mantle were key to rise of atmospheric oxygen

Jun 10, 2020 (SPX)

Something was holding back oxygen's rise. A new interpretation of rocks billions of years old finds volcanic gases are the likely culprits. The study led by the...

Argentine paleontologists discover small carnivorous dinosaur

Jun 04, 2020 (AFP)

The winged dinosaur had legs similar to the velociraptor and experts believe it may hold the key to revealing information about the evolution of birds. The foss...

Steaming cauldron followed the dinosaurs' demise

Jun 02, 2020 (SPX)

The Chicxulub impact crater, roughly 180 kilometers in diameter, is the best preserved large impact structure on Earth and a target for exploration of several i...