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Birch Mouse Ancestor Discovered in Inner Mongolia Is New Species of Rare 'Living Fossil'
May 24, 2011 — Fossils from Inner Mongolia are a new species of birch mice, Sicista primus. This significantly extends the geologic history of the rodent family that includes jumping mice. The teeth from sediments ... > full story -
Sniff Sniff: Smelling Led to Smarter Mammals, Researchers Say
May 19, 2011 — A rose by any other name would smell as sweet; the saying is perhaps a testament to the acute sense of smell that is unique to mammals. Paleontologists have now discovered that an improved sense of ... > full story -
Peculiar Feeding Mechanism of the First Vertebrates
May 19, 2011 — A fang-like tooth on double upper lips, spiny teeth on the tongue and a pulley-like mechanism to move the tongue backwards and forwards -- this bizarre bite belongs to a conodont and, thanks to a ... > full story -
China Fossil Shows Bird, Crocodile Family Trees Split Earlier Than Thought
May 18, 2011 — A fossil of a creature that died about 247 million years ago, originally thought to be a distant relative of both birds and crocodiles, actually came from the crocodile family tree after it had split ... > full story -
Imaging Technology Reveals Intricate Details of 49-Million-Year-Old Spider
May 18, 2011 — Scientists have used the latest computer-imaging technology to produce stunning three-dimensional pictures of a 49-million-year-old spider trapped inside an opaque piece of fossilized amber ... > full story -
Mass Extinction of Marine Life in Oceans During Prehistoric Times Offers Warning for Future
May 17, 2011 — The mass extinction of marine life in our oceans during prehistoric times is a warning that the same could happen again due to high levels of greenhouse gases, according to new ... > full story -
Anthropologist Discovers New Fossil Primate Species in West Texas
May 16, 2011 — A physical anthropologist has announced the discovery of a previously unknown species of fossil primate, Mescalerolemur horneri, in the Devil's Graveyard badlands of West ... > full story -
New Evidence Shows Mobile Animals Could Have Evolved Much Earlier Than Previously Thought
May 16, 2011 — Billions of years before life evolved in the oceans, thin layers of microbial matter in shallow water produced enough oxygen to support tiny, mobile life ... > full story -
2,300-Year Climate Record Suggests Severe Tropical Droughts as Northern Temperatures Rise
May 11, 2011 — A 2,300-year climate record that researchers recovered from an Andes Mountains lake reveals that as temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere rise, the planet's densely populated tropical regions will ... > full story -
Neanderthals Died out Earlier Than Previously Thought, New Evidence Suggests
May 10, 2011 — Direct dating of a fossil of a Neanderthal infant suggests that Neanderthals probably died out earlier than previously ... > full story -
Immature Skull Led Young Tyrannosaurs to Rely on Speed, Agility to Catch Prey
May 9, 2011 — While adult tyrannosaurs wielded power and size to kill large prey, youngsters used agility to hunt smaller ... > full story -
Reptile 'Cousins' Shed New Light on End-Permian Extinction
May 5, 2011 — The end-Permian extinction, by far the most dramatic biological crisis to affect life on Earth, may not have been as catastrophic for some creatures as previously thought, according to a new ... > full story
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