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Did Birds Originate When Dinosaurs Went Extinct, Or Have They Been Around Far Longer?
February 8, 2008 — Did modern birds originate around the time of the dinosaurs' demise, or have they been around far longer? The question is at the center of a sometimes contentious "rocks versus clocks" debate between ... > full story -
Pygmy Dinosaur Inhabited Tropical Islands In Britain's Prehistoric Past
February 8, 2008 — The celebrated Bristol Dinosaur, Thecodontosaurus, has now been shown to live on subtropical islands around Bristol, instead of in a desert on the mainland as previously thought. This new research ... > full story -
New Antarctic Ice Core To Provide Clearest Climate Record Yet
January 28, 2008 — After enduring months on the coldest, driest and windiest continent on Earth, researchers today closed out the inaugural season on an unprecedented, multiyear effort to retrieve the most detailed ... > full story -
96-million-year-old Fossil Pollen Sheds Light On Early Pollinators
January 22, 2008 — The collapse of honeybee colonies across North America is focusing attention on the honeybees' vital role in the survival of agricultural crops, and a new study shows insect pollinators have likely ... > full story -
Extinct Marsupial Lion Tops African Lion In Fight To Death
January 18, 2008 — Pound for pound, Australia's extinct marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex) would have made mince meat of today's African lion (Panthera leo) had the two big hyper-carnivores ever squared off in a ... > full story -
Rapid Growth, Early Maturity Meant Teen Pregnancy For Dinosaurs
January 15, 2008 — Dinosaurs had pregnancies as early as age 8, far before they reached their maximum adult size, a new study finds. Scientists have identified the fossil bones of three female dinosaurs, each a ... > full story -
Unusual Fish-eating Dinosaur Had Crocodile-like Skull
January 14, 2008 — An unusual dinosaur has been shown to have a skull that functioned like a fish-eating crocodile, despite looking like a dinosaur. It also possessed two huge hand claws, perhaps used as grappling ... > full story -
480-million-year-old Fossil Sheds Light On 150-year-old Paleontological Mystery
January 10, 2008 — Discovery of an exceptional fossil specimen in southeastern Morocco that preserves evidence of the animal's soft tissues has solved a paleontological puzzle about the origins of an extinct group of ... > full story -
Two Explosive Evolutionary Events Shaped Early History Of Multicellular Life
January 4, 2008 — Scientists have known for some time that most major groups of complex animals appeared in the fossils record during the Cambrian Explosion, a seemingly rapid evolutionary event that occurred 542 ... > full story -
Insect Attack May Have Finished Off Dinosaurs
January 4, 2008 — Asteroid impacts or massive volcanic flows might have occurred around the time dinosaurs became extinct, but a new argument is that the mightiest creatures the world has ever known may have been ... > full story -
Evolution Education Is A 'Must' Says Coalition Of Scientific And Teaching Organizations
January 3, 2008 — A coalition of 17 organizations is calling on the scientific community to become more involved in the promotion of science education, including evolution. The introduction of "nonscience," such as ... > full story -
Fresh Fossil Evidence Of Eye Forerunner Uncovered
January 2, 2008 — Ancient armored fish fossils from Australia present some of the first definite fossil evidence of a forerunner to the human eye. Researchers analyzed the fossilized remains of 400-million-year-old ... > full story
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