Mammals were not the first to be warm-blooded
Endothermy, or warm-bloodedness, is the ability of mammals and birds to produce their own body heat and control their body temperature. A w...
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Prehistoric fish led by their nose
The evolution of the brain and nervous system in animals has been wound back more than 400 million years, thanks to the examination of fossi...
Oldest European salamander fossil, discovered in Scotland
Fossils discovered in Scotland represent some of the world's oldest salamanders, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. Artist...
Entombed together: Rare fossil flower and parasitic wasp make for amber artwork
Oregon State University fossil research has revealed an exquisite merger of art and science: a long-stemmed flower of a newly described plan...
500-million-year-old fossilized brains of stanleycaris prompt a rethink of the evolution of insects and spider
ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) revealed new research based on a cache of fossils that contains the brain and nervous system of a half-billion-ye...
Greater overturning in the Pacific during the Ice Age
Located between Australia and New Zealand, the Tasman Sea is an important but so far neglected component of the global ocean conveyor belt. ...
Wildfires may have sparked ecosystem collapse during Earth’s worst mass extinction
New research today reveals that wildfires may have been a key contributor to the total collapse of land ecosystems during the Earth's wo...
Dinosaurs took over amid ice, not warmth, says a new study of ancient mass extinction
Many of us know the conventional theory of how the dinosaurs died 66 million years ago: in Earth's fiery collision with a meteorite, and...
Shrimps and worms among first animals to recover after largest mass extinction
In a new study, published in the journal Science Advances , researchers from China, the USA and the UK, reveal how life in the sea recovered...
Mummified baby woolly mammoth found by gold miner in the Klondike
On June 21, 2022, a near complete, mummified baby woolly mammoth was found in the Klondike gold fields within Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin Traditional ...
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