A new study by researchers from Slovakia, New Zealand, Austria, Italy and the United States has published a new study documenting the decline of predator and prey interactions in the Adriatic Sea.
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A new study featured in the journal Nature, sheds light on the evolution of mammalian jaw and middle ear bone traits.
A new paper published in the journal Science, is the most robust study of the Earth’s temperature over the last 485 million years.
In a new study, astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they use to create new stars.
The discovery of three new species of Tasmanian tiger ancestors sheds light on the ecosystems of the Riversleigh World Heritage Site and that carnivorous reptiles were not the only predators in Australia during the Oligocene.
A new species of fish has been discovered in the Red Sea during a diving expedition to research coral reef fish diversity. With its bright red colouration, large canines and menacing expression, it certainly suits its common name, the ‘grumpy dwarfgoby’.
A new species of coelacanth fish from western Australia challenges the notion that they are the oldest living fossils.
New information regarding the formation of supermassive dark holes answers the question of how they were able to form at the beginning of time. The study has been published by UCLA astrophysicists in Physical Review Letters.
A new study on how the incompleteness of the fossil record affects how we reconstruct evolutionary history proves that Darwin’s fears for his theory of evolution are unjustified.
A new interpretation of the runic inscription on the Forsa Ring (Forsaringen in Swedish), provides new insights into the monetary system used during the Viking Age. These findings represent the oldest documented value in Scandinavia. Find out what the inscription means here!
A new fossil penguin discovered in the Hakataramea Valley, South Canterbury had helped palaeontologists understand how penguins’ wings have evolved throughout geological time and the evolutionary history of the bird.
A new dinosaur from Kyrgyzstan has been named after multiple excavations during 2006 and 2023. This is the first large, predatory dinosaur discovered in the region and the fossil displays some unique characteristics, such as a large protruding “eyebrow”.
UC Berkeley archaeologists claim that people 13,000 years ago would have used planted pikes angled upwards to take down charging animals, allowing a more damaging blow to take down their prey. Here's how they would have hunted.
A new international study led by the University of Cologne has revealed the origin of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs and changed our planet's climate forever.
A new archaeological site, Abric Pizarro, in the foothills of the Southern Pyrenees is helping archaeologists understand a poorly known period of history for the Neanderthals and giving them clues into their downfall. Find out what they found!
The markings found on a stone pillar at an ancient temple in Turkey likely represent the world’s oldest calendar, and were likely created to remember a devastating comet strike.
A new species of extinct walrus-like animal has been named in the journal PeerJ Life and Environment. The mammal shares similar feeding adaptations to modern walruses showcasing the wonders of convergent evolution.
A newly found soft-bodied fossil from the Early Cambrian Period reveals new insight into the origin of skeletons of molluscs all while looking like a durian fruit.
Researchers have reviewed 400 years’ worth of literature on one of the most iconic extinct animals of all time, the Dodo bird.
The findings from the first-ever archaeological survey in space have been published in the journal PLOS ONE, by the research team behind the International Space Station Archaeological Project (ISSAP).