Paleo in the News

Monkeys can learn to tap to the beat of the Backstreet Boys

New Scientist - Fri, 05/10/2024 - 04:00
With a bit of training, macaques can make rhythmic movements in time with music, an ability only shown before by a handful of animals
Categories: Fossils

Human activity is making it harder for scientists to interpret oceans' past

Science Daily - Paleontology - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 12:53
New research shows human activity is significantly altering the ways in which marine organisms are preserved, with lasting effects that can both improve and impair the fossil record.
Categories: Fossils

Human activity is making it harder for scientists to interpret oceans' past

Science Daily - Fossils - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 12:53
New research shows human activity is significantly altering the ways in which marine organisms are preserved, with lasting effects that can both improve and impair the fossil record.
Categories: Fossils

Can genetically modifying a rare marsupial save it from extinction?

New Scientist - Wed, 05/08/2024 - 00:31
Researchers are aiming to make the northern quoll resistant to the toxic cane toads wiping it out in Australia, but little progress has been made
Categories: Fossils

Longest-living cat breeds revealed by life expectancy study

New Scientist - Tue, 05/07/2024 - 20:00
Birman and Burmese cats typically live for more than 14 years while sphynxes live less than half as long on average, finds a study of pet cats in the UK
Categories: Fossils

Sperm whale clicks could be the closest thing to a human language yet

New Scientist - Tue, 05/07/2024 - 11:00
Analysis of thousands of exchanges between the intelligent cetaceans suggests they combine short click patterns – similar to letters of the alphabet - into longer sequences
Categories: Fossils

Zebras bob their heads at each other to signal cooperation

New Scientist - Mon, 05/06/2024 - 07:00
Head-bobbing seems to be a way for zebras to invite others to groom, graze or move together, suggesting sophisticated social and cognitive capabilities
Categories: Fossils

Stink bugs grow a fungal garden on their legs to fight parasitic wasps

New Scientist - Mon, 05/06/2024 - 03:00
A surprise discovery has revealed that female stink bugs have a small indent on their hind legs that they use for cultivating fungi before spreading it on their eggs
Categories: Fossils

Jurassic Park to The Martian: 5 movies that get botany (mostly) wrong

New Scientist - Sat, 05/04/2024 - 05:00
From Jurassic Park to The Martian, botanist James Wong explores the major science fiction films that get botany spectacularly wrong
Categories: Fossils

Did a magnetic field collapse trigger the emergence of animals?

Science Daily - Paleontology - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 12:53
Researchers uncovered compelling evidence that Earth's magnetic field was in a highly unusual state when the macroscopic animals of the Ediacaran Period -- 635 to 541 million years ago -- diversified and thrived. Their study raises the question of whether these fluctuations in Earth's ancient magnetic field led to shifts in oxygen levels that may have been crucial to the proliferation of life forms millions of years ago.
Categories: Fossils

Red squirrels were hosts for leprosy in medieval England

New Scientist - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 11:00
DNA analysis of remains found at medieval sites has identified closely related strains of leprosy-causing bacteria in the bones of humans and a red squirrel
Categories: Fossils

Protocells on early Earth may have been formed by squeezing geysers

New Scientist - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 09:00
Simulations of the crust of early Earth show that cycles of pressure caused by geysers or tidal forces could have generated cell-like structures and even very simple proteins
Categories: Fossils

Flies undertake epic migrations that may be vital for pollination

New Scientist - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 07:00
Migrating flies can carry pollen hundreds or thousands of kilometres, and this could help plants adapt to climate change
Categories: Fossils

Seven surprising things you may not know about roots

New Scientist - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 04:00
Plants are often celebrated for the parts that are easy to see – flower, leaves, fruit – but scientists are uncovering the secrets of their more mysterious underground networks
Categories: Fossils

Rising temperatures are cooking bumblebee nests and killing larvae

New Scientist - Fri, 05/03/2024 - 00:00
Climate change could be fueling bumblebee population loss by making hives too hot to handle
Categories: Fossils

Orangutan is first non-human seen treating wounds with medicinal plant

New Scientist - Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:00
A male Sumatran orangutan chewed the leaves of a plant used in Indonesian traditional medicine and placed them on a wound on his face
Categories: Fossils

Here's an easier way to improve the drainage of heavy clay soil

New Scientist - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 13:00
Digging sand or grit into clay soils is a drainage fix that has been around for years, but James Wong turns to nature to find a less backbreaking solution
Categories: Fossils

These stunning close-up photos offer a window onto the world of bees

New Scientist - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 13:00
From an orchid bee to a violet carpenter bee, these images show the insects in amazing detail
Categories: Fossils

Rock solid evidence: Angola geology reveals prehistoric split between South America and Africa

Science Daily - Paleontology - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 11:58
A research team has found that ancient rocks and fossils from long-extinct marine reptiles in Angola clearly show a key part of Earth's past -- the splitting of South America and Africa and the subsequent formation of the South Atlantic Ocean.
Categories: Fossils

Rock solid evidence: Angola geology reveals prehistoric split between South America and Africa

Science Daily - Fossils - Wed, 05/01/2024 - 11:58
A research team has found that ancient rocks and fossils from long-extinct marine reptiles in Angola clearly show a key part of Earth's past -- the splitting of South America and Africa and the subsequent formation of the South Atlantic Ocean.
Categories: Fossils

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