For the more than 242 million years that lizards and snakes appear in the fossil record, they show up mostly as pieces of ...
Scientists reclassified a long-misunderstood fossil from Brazil as a new genus, Franscinella riograndensis. Using advanced ...
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EPA’s job is to protect America’s air, water and land. Here’s how a shutdown affects that effort
The Environmental Protection Agency faces challenges during a government shutdown. The agency's mission to protect health and ...
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One Major Pollutant in Fossil Fuels Has Been Linked With ALS
A component of fossil fuel emissions could contribute to an increased risk of the neurodegenerative disease ALS (amyotrophic ...
At 11 feet (3.4m) tall and nearly 27 feet (8.2m) long, Cooper’s pointy-backed herbivore – affectionately known as Apex – is ...
Large aquatic lizards used to populate the planet's oceans–and you can find their fossils in suburban New Jersey.
Ancient poop fossils preserved molecules thanks to iron carbonate, revealing hidden details of prehistoric ecosystems.
Molecular ‘fossils’ offer microscopic clues to the origins of life – but they take care to interpret
Recently, we discovered that an important molecular fossil found in an ancient protein family may not be what it seems. The dilemma centers, in part, on a simple question: What does it mean if a ...
Key topicsThe trace is the world’s earliest known “butt-drag” fossil, preserved in South Africa.Researchers link the mark to ...
Scientists have named a new ichthyosaur, Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis, from fossils found in Mistelgau, Germany. The marine reptile had a dramatic overbite similar to swordfish and unique skeletal ...
Breugnathair elgolensis is the first of a new family of squamates called Parviraptoridae, described as “an enigmatic group with potential importance for snake origins, that was previously known from ...
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