New Scientist
Sharp decline of African birds of prey puts them at risk of extinction
The populations of species including bateleurs and secretary birds have fallen precipitously within the past 50 years, putting these birds at risk of extinction
Categories: Fossils
Massive pliosaur skull sheds light on ancient sea reptile
The subject of a new David Attenborough documentary, a stunning pliosaur fossil unearthed in the UK is teaching us more about these deadly predators
Categories: Fossils
1.75-billion-year-old fossils help explain how photosynthesis evolved
Fossilised bacteria from Australia contain the earliest evidence of photosynthetic structures called thylakoids, which may have driven the accumulation of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere
Categories: Fossils
Sharks can be deterred from beaches by catching and releasing them
A non-lethal method of catching great white sharks and releasing them 500 metres further out to sea can make the predators steer clear of beaches where people swim
Categories: Fossils
Tiny T. rex fossils may be distinct species – but not everyone agrees
Palaeontologists can’t agree on whether fossils from several small dinosaurs represent juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex or smaller adults of a separate species that lived alongside them
Categories: Fossils
Monkeys in Thailand took up stone tools when covid-19 stopped tourism
Long-tailed macaques on the island of Koh Ped appear to have learned a new way to forage when the pandemic put a stop to feeding by tourists
Categories: Fossils
Pliosaur discovery on Jurassic Coast is 'very likely a new species'
Fossil hunters have uncovered what is thought to be the most complete Jurassic pliosaur skull ever found, the subject of a new David Attenborough documentary
Categories: Fossils
Largest ever animal may have been Triassic ichthyosaur super-predator
New fossil discoveries show predatory marine reptiles from 200 million years ago may have been bigger than today’s blue whales – and that they evolved astonishingly rapidly
Categories: Fossils