An 80-million-year-old fossil bird has been discovered with a skull so exquisitely preserved that scientists have been able to study the detailed structure of its brain. The fossil, which bears a ...

While there are now fossil hominins twice as old as Lucy, she remains a paleoanthropological rock star. Made up of 47 bones from the same individual, she was the oldest known and the most complete ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — Evolutionary biologists report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird -- which they say could be the largest known member ... Buried Alive: Carbon ...

A remarkable fossil could transform our understanding of how the intelligence of modern birds evolved. The 80-million-year-old complete skull of a bird is revealing more about the evolution of brain ...

In the latest Sustainability Landscape report, we highlight a couple of types of sustainable funds that specifically contribute to climate action: fossil-fuel-free and low carbon. Here ...

“Fossils like this tell us a great deal about what life on Earth looked like hundreds of millions of years ago, which is pretty astonishing, especially when you consider that these animals would have ...

A 161 million-year-old fossil, linked to a line of extinct frog-like amphibians, is the oldest tadpole ever found. By Asher Elbein The metamorphosis of a frog from baby to adult is one of nature ...

Learn about three momentous dinosaur findings from the fossil record Paul M. Barrett Scientists who study dinosaurs make new discoveries in the field, extracting previously unknown specimens from ...

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They don’t look alike, and they aren’t biologically related, but part of their evolutionary history bears a striking resemblance: these organisms are referred to as “living fossils”.

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a giant tadpole that wriggled around over 160 million years ago. The new fossil, found in Argentina, surpasses the previous ancient record ...

LITTLETON, Colorado, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Utilities in the United States have relied on fossil fuels to generate a larger share of electricity than their counterparts in China since June ...