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Giant Fossil Predator Provides Insights Into the Rise of Modern Marine Ecosystem Structures
January 7, 2013 — An international team of scientists has described a fossil marine predator measuring 8.6 meters in length (about 28 feet) recovered from the Nevada desert in 2010 as representing the first top ... > full story -
First Fossil Bird With Teeth Specialized for Tough Diet
January 7, 2013 — Beak shape variation in Darwin's finches is a classic example of evolutionary adaptation, with beaks that vary widely in proportions and shape, reflecting a diversity of ecologies. While living birds ... > full story -
Dinosaur Shook Tail Feathers for Mating Show
January 4, 2013 — A researcher's examination of fossilized dinosaur tail bones has led to a breakthrough finding: some feathered dinosaurs used tail plumage to attract mates, much like modern-day peacocks and ... > full story -
Egg-Laying Mammal: Scientists Discover That for Australia the Long-Beaked Echidna May Not Be a Thing of the Past
January 2, 2013 — The western long-beaked echidna, one of the world's five egg-laying species of mammal, became extinct in Australia thousands of years ago... or did it? Scientists have found evidence suggesting that ... > full story -
Paleo-Ocean Chemistry: New Data Challenge Old Views About Evolution of Early Life
December 23, 2012 — A research team has tested a hypothesis in paleo-ocean chemistry, and proved it false. Many researchers attribute the delayed diversification and proliferation of eukaryotes to very low levels of ... > full story -
New Study Sheds Light on Dinosaur Size
December 19, 2012 — Dinosaurs were not only the largest animals to roam the Earth -- they also had a greater number of larger species compared to all other back-boned animals -- scientists suggest in a new ... > full story -
New Dinosaur: First Freshwater Mosasaur Discovered
December 19, 2012 — A new dinosaur species discovered in Hungary is the first known example of a mosasaur that lived in freshwater river environments similar to modern freshwater dolphins, according to new ... > full story -
Prehistoric Ghosts Revealing New Details: Synchrotron Helps Identify Previously Unseen Anatomy Preserved in Fossils
December 18, 2012 — Scientists have used synchrotron-based imaging techniques to identify previously unseen anatomy preserved in fossils. Their work on a 50-million-year-old lizard skin identified the presence of ... > full story -
Scientists 'Surprised' to Discover Very Early Ancestors Survived on Tropical Plants, New Study Suggests
December 14, 2012 — Between three million and 3.5 million years ago, the diet of our very early ancestors in central Africa is likely to have consisted mainly of tropical grasses and sedges, new research ... > full story -
Researchers Find First Evidence of Ice Age Wolves in Nevada
December 13, 2012 — A research team recently unearthed fossil remains from an extinct wolf species in a wash northwest of Las Vegas, revealing the first evidence that the Ice Age mammal once lived in ... > full story
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