Ancient porcupine fossils reveal first island colonisation in Pleistocene Taiwan
Fossil teeth from southern Taiwan record the first known island colonisation by the porcupine Hystrix subcristata, extending its Pleistocene range ...
Tag: palaeontology
Ammonites Rewrite the Story of a Lost Cretaceous Sea in Southeast France
More than 100 ammonites collected along a 30-kilometre transect in the French Alps have finally dated the famous Urgonian limestones, ...
Armenian skull reveals a new Pliocene hyrax named in honour of Charles Aznavour
A beautifully preserved 3.3-million-year-old skull from Armenia reveals a new genus and species of hyrax, Armenohyrax aznavouriani, named after Charles ...
Caterpillars Trapped in Amber Reveal 99-Million-Year-Old Leaf-Mining Moths
The first fossil leaf-mining caterpillars ever found in amber, from 99-million-year-old Myanmar amber and Eocene Baltic amber, reveal two new ...
Ancient shark teeth from South China reveal hidden Triassic diversity in 3D
Micro-CT scans of nine Triassic shark teeth from Guizhou and Yunnan Provinces document four euselachian taxa and provide the first ...
Ammonite treasure trove in German hillside reveals evolution in action
Decade-long excavations at the Wochenberg hill in southwest Germany have produced a bed-by-bed ammonite record that defines a new biohorizon ...
Corkscrew-Shaped Rudist Bivalves From Bavaria Reveal Hidden Diversity of Late Jurassic Seas
Newly described corkscrew-shaped rudist bivalves from a late Kimmeridgian quarry in Bavaria reveal that Late Jurassic rudist faunas were more ...
Sea Scorpion Fossil From China Rewrites the Family Tree of Ancient Predators
A newly recovered slab from Yunnan Province preserves two individuals of the enigmatic sea scorpion Malongia mirabilis, revealing dorsal anatomy ...
Jurassic bivalves from the Spiti area of the Himalayas, northern India
High in the Himalayas of northern India, black shales that accumulated on the floor of a vanished ocean are yielding ...
Jurassic reef in Bavaria yields record-breaking haul of 125 gastropod species
A new monograph documents 156 Late Jurassic gastropod species from the reefal limestones of Saal and Nattheim in southern Germany, ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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