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Volcanic eruptions drove ancient global warming eventRiverside CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 A natural global warming event that took place 56 million years ago was triggered almost entirely by volcanic eruptions that occurred as Greenland separated from Europe during the opening of the North Atlantic Ocean, according to an international team of researchers that includes Andy Ridgwell, a University of California, Riverside professor of earth sciences. The findings, published in Nature, refute the more commonly favored explanation that the event, called the Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximu ... read more |
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 Quake scares tourists from Mexico City's trendy heart Anxiety as Mexico mounts last-ditch search for quake survivors Desperate rescue effort after Hurricane Maria toll hits 33 What now? Mexicans in shelters ask themselves after quake Dam fails in Puerto Rico, 70,000 told to evacuate Mexico's quake-proof building codes not always respected | .. |
 New ancient sea reptile found in Germany - The earliest of its kind A previously unrecognized 132 million-year-old fossilized sea monster from northern Germany has been identified by an international team of researchers. Findings published in the Journal of Vertebra ... more | .. |
 New dinosaur discovery suggests new species roosted together like modern birds The Mongolian Desert has been known for decades for its amazing array of dinosaurs, immaculately preserved in incredible detail and in associations that give exceedingly rare glimpses at behavior in ... more | .. |
 Variation in the recovery of tetrapods The end-Permian mass extinction (EPME) occurred about 250 million years ago and represents the Earth's most catastrophic extinction event. Up to 96% of marine species and 70% of terrestrial vertebra ... more | .. |
 Fossils reveal how bizarre mammal beat extinction Animals that live on islands are among the most at risk from extinction. A remarkable eighty percent of extinctions occurring since 1500AD have been on islands, with inhabitants facing dangers from ... more |
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 The first hard evidence for the 'outside-in' theory of the origin of teeth Researchers studying a 400 million year old bony fish from Estonia believe that they have found evidence for the origins of teeth. Using advanced synchrotron microtomography on numerous specimens re ... more | .. |
 Study finds origins of mammalian anatomical pattern Researchers at Midwestern University have discovered that the muscles that control the unique mammalian perineal structures follow an ancient pattern. ... more | .. |
 Mechanisms explaining positional diversity of the hindlimb in tetrapod evolution In the evolution of tetrapods, the position of the hindlimb has diversified along with the vertebral formula, which is the number of small bones forming the vertebra. Tetrapods, as the name implies, ... more | .. |
 First winged mammals from the Jurassic period discovered Two 160 million-year-old mammal fossils discovered in China show that the forerunners of mammals in the Jurassic Period evolved to glide and live in trees. With long limbs, long hand and foot finger ... more |
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 Experiments cast doubt on how the Earth was formed New geochemical research indicates that existing theories of the formation of the Earth may be mistaken. The results of experiments to show how zinc (Zn) relates to sulphur (S) under the conditions ... more | .. |
 ASU graduate student leads study estimating oxygen loss in ancient global ocean A loss of oxygen in global ocean seawater 94 million years ago led to a mass extinction of marine life that lasted for roughly half a million years. Scientists have found several potential explanati ... more | .. |
 Study solves mystery of how first animals appeared on Earth Research led by The Australian National University (ANU) has solved the mystery of how the first animals appeared on Earth, a pivotal moment for the planet without which humans would not exist. ... more | .. |
 Vegan raptor may be missing link between two major dino groups Paleontologists have discovered a missing link between two large and diverse dinosaur groups. ... more |
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 Ancient fish fossil reveals human-like jaw structure Australian scientists have discovered a 400-million-year-old fish fossil featuring a human-like jaw structure. Paleontologists believe the ancient fish species' jaw bones represent an evolutionary antecedent of the human jaw. ... more | .. |
 Scientists unearth largest dinosaur species in Patagonia Paleontologists have unearthed a new species of titanosaur in Agentina's Patagonia. Researchers believe it is the largest dinosaur species ever discovered. ... more | .. |
 What flowers looked like 100 million years ago Flowering plants with are by far the most diverse group of plants on Earth. Flowering plants arose only about 140 million years ago, but since then have diversified spectacularly. No one knows exact ... more | .. |
 Well-preserved Canadian fossil reveals dinosaur armor like no other One of the most well-preserved dinosaur fossils ever recovered has revealed a set of scales unlike any sported by armored dinosaurs. ... more |
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 Fly me to the Moon: For some, lunar village takes shape First space mining transaction in 10 years Global Aerospace Corporation to present Pluto lander concept to NASA Aussie astronaut calls for establishment of national space agency Hope to discover sure signs of life on Mars Lockheed Martin introduces new satellite bus lineup | .. |
 Scientists rediscover lost burial site of famed long-necked sauropod A team of Australian and British palaeontologists have rediscovered the lost burial site of Austrosaurus mckillop, a long-necked sauropod first found in 1932. ... more | .. |
 Dinosaur-era plant found growing in Wisconsin lakes Scientists have found a surprise algae species growing in Wisconsin lakes, a species most thought was existent from the Americas. ... more | .. |
 Large-mouthed fish dominated the seas following mass extinction A team of American and Swiss paleontologists have identified one of the earliest large predatory fish species from the Triassic period. Scientists suggest the large-mouthed fish dominated the seas in the aftermath of the Permian-Triassic extinction event. ... more | .. |
 The puzzle of evolutionary relationships among vertebrates Using the largest and most informative molecular phylogenetic dataset ever analysed, evolutionary biologists were able to construct a new phylogenetic tree of jawed vertebrates. This new tree resolv ... more |
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 The oldest bad boy in the world He's Australian, around half a centimetre long, fairly nondescript, 300 million years old, and he's currently causing astonishment among both entomologists and palaeontologists. The discovery of a b ... more | .. |
 Link between continental breakup, volcanic carbon emissions may influence evolution New research suggests continental drift dictates volcanic carbon emissions. ... more | .. |
 Our ancestors were already warm-blooded before PT extinction event For how long have warm-blooded animals existed? The time at which this character first appeared in the ancestors of mammals has long been debated. Now, dating analyses carried out on 90 fossils by a ... more | .. |
 Ancient plankton-like microfossils span 2 continents Large, robust, lens-shaped microfossils from the approximately 3.4 billion-year-old Kromberg Formation of the Kaapvaal Craton in eastern South Africa are not only among the oldest elaborate microorg ... more |
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