Paleo in the News
Auks, Darwin's finches and a mummified falcon: Inside NHM bird archive
The NHM Tring archive houses over 1 million bird specimens, including rare and extinct species such as Darwin's finches, great auk eggs and mummified falcons. We take a peek inside the vast collection
Categories: Fossils
Orchids feed their young through underground fungal connections
A common species of orchid seems to pass food packages to nearby seedlings, in a kind of plant parental care
Categories: Fossils
Ancient arachnid from coal forests of America stands out for its spiny legs
The spiny legged 308-million-year-old arachnid Douglassarachne acanthopoda was discovered the famous Mazon Creek locality.
Categories: Fossils
Ancient arachnid from coal forests of America stands out for its spiny legs
The spiny legged 308-million-year-old arachnid Douglassarachne acanthopoda was discovered the famous Mazon Creek locality.
Categories: Fossils
How did sabre-toothed tigers acquire their long upper canine teeth?
In a groundbreaking study an international team of scientists has investigated the evolutionary patterns behind the development of sabre teeth, with some unexpected results along the way.
Categories: Fossils
How did sabre-toothed tigers acquire their long upper canine teeth?
In a groundbreaking study an international team of scientists has investigated the evolutionary patterns behind the development of sabre teeth, with some unexpected results along the way.
Categories: Fossils
'Smiling' black bear caught on camera in Pasadena goes viral
Wildlife photographer Johanna Turner used a trail camera to capture this cheery shot of a black bear, which is going viral after she posted it on social media
Categories: Fossils
Genetic mutation gives cats a 'salty liquorice' coat colour
Researchers have discovered the gene variant responsible for a distinctive colour pattern seen in cats in Finland, named salmiak after a variety of liquorice
Categories: Fossils
Summers warm up faster than winters, fossil shells from Antwerp show
In a warmer climate, summers warm much faster than winters, according to research into fossil shells. With this knowledge we can better map the consequences of current global warming in the North Sea area.
Categories: Fossils
First 'warm-blooded' dinosaurs may have emerged 180 million years ago
The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved among some dinosaurs early in the Jurassic period about 180 million years ago. The new study looked at the spread of dinosaurs across different climates on Earth throughout the Mesozoic Era (the dinosaur era lasting from 230 to 66 million years ago), drawing on 1,000 fossils, climate models and the geography of the period, and dinosaurs' evolutionary trees.
Categories: Fossils
First 'warm-blooded' dinosaurs may have emerged 180 million years ago
The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved among some dinosaurs early in the Jurassic period about 180 million years ago. The new study looked at the spread of dinosaurs across different climates on Earth throughout the Mesozoic Era (the dinosaur era lasting from 230 to 66 million years ago), drawing on 1,000 fossils, climate models and the geography of the period, and dinosaurs' evolutionary trees.
Categories: Fossils
Experience the world from a bee's perspective
A multi-sensory exhibition by artist Wolfgang Buttress allows us to experience the world as a bee and imagine the devastation of our planet without them
Categories: Fossils
Pigs seem less stressed if their barn is scented with lavender
If a lavender scent is sprayed into pig pens three times a day, the animals show less aggressive behaviour and appear more relaxed
Categories: Fossils