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UF scientists discover new crocodilian, hippo-like species from Panama

Mar 11, 2013 (SPX)

University of Florida paleontologists have discovered remarkably well-preserved fossils of two crocodilians and a mammal previously unknown to science during re...

Ancient fossils hint at colder Britain

Mar 07, 2013 (UPI)

An exceptionally well-preserved woolly rhinoceros fossil from 42,000 years ago has revealed Britain was "severely cold" then compared to today, researchers say....

'True grit' erodes assumptions about evolution

Mar 07, 2013 (SPX)

Dining on field grasses would be ruinous to human teeth, but mammals such as horses, rhinos and gazelles evolved long, strong teeth that are up to the task. New...

Alligator relatives slipped across ancient seaways

Mar 07, 2013 (SPX)

The uplift of the Isthmus of Panama 2.6 million years ago formed a land-bridge that has long thought to be the crucial step in the interchange of animals betwee...

Mineral diversity clue to early Earth chemistry

Mar 07, 2013 (SPX)

Mineral evolution is a new way to look at our planet's history. It's the study of the increasing diversity and characteristics of Earth's near-surface minerals,...

Research at Mines Unearths New Dinosaur Species

Mar 05, 2013 (SPX)

A South Dakota School of Mines and Technology assistant professor and his team have discovered a new species of herbivorous dinosaur and published the first fos...

Feeding limbs and nervous system of one of Earth's earliest animals discovered

Mar 04, 2013 (SPX)

An extraordinary find allowing scientists to see through the head of the 'fuxianhuiid' arthropod has revealed one of the earliest evolutionary examples of limbs...

Resurrection of 3-billion-year-old antibiotic-resistance proteins

Mar 01, 2013 (SPX)

Scientists are reporting "laboratory resurrections" of several 2-3-billion-year-old proteins that are ancient ancestors of the enzymes that enable today's antib...

Clues to climate cycles dug from south pole snow pit

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

Particles from the upper atmosphere trapped in a deep pile of Antarctic snow hold clear chemical traces of global meteorological events, a team from the Univers...

Jurassic records warn of risk to marine life from global warming

Feb 22, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers at Plymouth University, UK, believe that findings from fieldwork along the North Yorkshire coast reveal strong parallels between the Early Jurassic ...

Molecules Assemble in Water, Hint at Origins of Life

Feb 22, 2013 (SPX)

The base pairs that hold together two pieces of RNA, the older cousin of DNA, are some of the most important molecular interactions in living cells. Many scient...

Ancient insects shed light on biodiversity

Feb 14, 2013 (SPX)

Simon Fraser University evolutionary biologists Bruce Archibald and Rolf Mathewes, and Brandon University biologist David Greenwood, have discovered that modern...

Largest-ever study of mammalian ancestry completed by renowned research te

Feb 11, 2013 (SPX)

A groundbreaking six-year research collaboration has produced the most complete picture yet of the evolution of placental mammals, the group that includes human...

New dinosaur fossil challenges bird evolution theory

Feb 04, 2013 (SPX)

The discovery of a new bird-like dinosaur from the Jurassic period challenges widely accepted theories on the origin of flight. Co-authored by Dr Gareth Dyke, S...

There were more small meat-eating dinosaurs than first thought

Feb 01, 2013 (SPX)

University of Alberta researchers used fossilized teeth to identify at least 23 species of small meat-eating dinosaurs that roamed western Canada and the United...

Tiny fossils hold answers to big questions on climate change

Jan 24, 2013 (SPX)

The western Antarctic Peninsula is one of the fastest warming regions on the planet, and the fastest warming part of the Southern Hemisphere. Scientists have de...

Feathered dinosaur gives evolution clues

Jan 24, 2013 (UPI)

A feathered dinosaur fossil about 12 inches long is older than bird-like dinosaurs from which birds are thought to have evolved, British paleontologists say. Th...

Studying ancient Earth's geochemistry

Jan 22, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers still have much to learn about the volcanism that shaped our planet's early history. New evidence from a team led by Carnegie's Frances Jenner demon...

Great Oxidation Event: More oxygen through multicellularity

Jan 22, 2013 (SPX)

Cyanobacteria belong to the Earth's oldest organisms. They are still present today in oceans and waters and even in hot springs. By producing oxygen and evolvin...

Earliest sea cow ancestors originated in Africa, lived in fresh water

Jan 18, 2013 (SPX)

A new fossil discovered in Tunisia represents the oldest known ancestor of modern-day sea cows, supporting the African origins of these marine mammals. The find...