Researchers in Brazil have unearthed the fossilized bones of a 237-million-year-old crocodile-like predator, Retymaijychampsa ...
Advanced radiocarbon dating has provided the most accurate age assessment yet for the “Lapedo Child,” one of the most ...
Some animals have been around since the time of the dinosaurs—and they’re still thriving today! Known as “living fossils,” ...
The giraffe’s gut microbiome is made up of a variety of bacteria and fungi, and is largely determined by the giraffe’s ...
A new book details how lignin once protected algae from UV radiation, then later in evolutionary time became a structural ...
Paleontologists have discovered Retymaijychampsa beckerorum, a 237-million-year-old crocodile-like reptile in Brazil, ...
Amphibians are notably fragile in a warming world due to their dependence on external sources to regulate body heat.
A survey of museum specimens reveals that more than a dozen species of the birds sport biofluorescence in feathers, skin or even inside their throats.
Paleobiologist Scott Lakeram analyzes 300-million-year-old coal ball fossils to reveal prehistoric plant-insect interactions ...
On the shores of Lake Tahoe at Emerald Bay State Park grows what some consider to be the most iconic old-growth forest in the ...
The newly identified Snake River Plains ground squirrel was discovered to be a genetically distinct species after research and DNA analysis.