In new research, paleontologists analyzed giant anaconda fossils from South America to deduce that these tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago and have remained giants ever ...

In a new paper published in the journal ChemSystemsChem, Hiroshima University’s Professor Tony Jia and colleagues outline the ...

A new species of the sauropod dinosaur genus Mamenchisaurus has been discovered in China dating back to the Late Jurassic ...

The Lamniformes includes some of the most familiar species of sharks, such as the great white and mako sharks as well as less ...

In new research, an international team of researchers used high-resolution 3D imaging techniques, including microCT scanning, ...

Paleontologists have analyzed an exceptionally long sauropod trackway at the West Gold Hill Dinosaur Tracksite in Colorado, the United States. Their results show that the giant dinosaur which made it ...

Researchers have tested protenemata, brood cells and sporophytes of Physcomitrium patens under simulated space environments, ...

The ecological transformation of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) has become among the most paradigmatic yet contested case studies ...

Teasing out biochemical information from ancient organic-rich sediments, notably the timing of the emergence of photosynthesis relative to the inferred oxygenation of Earth’s atmosphere, remains a ...

Paleontologists in China have described a new species of the coelacanth genus Whiteia on the basis of two fossilized specimens. This discovery extends the spatial range of Whiteia in the Early ...