Paleo in the News

Ancient arachnid from coal forests of America stands out for its spiny legs

Science Daily - Fossils - Fri, 05/17/2024 - 10:15
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?

Science Daily - Paleontology - Thu, 05/16/2024 - 11:26
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?

Science Daily - Fossils - Thu, 05/16/2024 - 11:26
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

New Scientist - Thu, 05/16/2024 - 08:15
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

New Scientist - Thu, 05/16/2024 - 06:56
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

Science Daily - Paleontology - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 15:42
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

Science Daily - Paleontology - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 11:26
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

Science Daily - Dinosaurs - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 11:26
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

New Scientist - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 05:00
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

New Scientist - Mon, 05/13/2024 - 05:00
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

Kew Gardens exhibition confronts our disjointed connection with nature

New Scientist - Sat, 05/11/2024 - 05:00
Contemporary artist Marc Quinn's new exhibition 'Light into Life' opens at Kew Gardens
Categories: Fossils

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

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