Paleo in the News

Scottish and Irish rocks confirmed as rare record of 'snowball Earth'

Science Daily - Paleontology - Fri, 08/16/2024 - 11:15
The study found that the Port Askaig Formation, composed of layers of rock up to 1.1 km thick, was likely laid down between 662 to 720 million years ago during the Sturtian glaciation -- the first of two global freezes thought to have triggered the development of complex, multicellular life.
Categories: Fossils

Stunning photos of life above and below water

New Scientist - Fri, 08/16/2024 - 04:30
See the incredible shots that have won this year's BMC Ecology and Evolution and BMC Zoology Image Competition
Categories: Fossils

Listening to worms wriggle can help us monitor ecosystem health

New Scientist - Fri, 08/16/2024 - 00:00
The noises made by organisms like ants and worms as they move around in the soil can be used to assess whether an ecosystem is in good shape
Categories: Fossils

The surprising way sunflowers work together to get enough light

New Scientist - Thu, 08/15/2024 - 11:30
Scientists have known for centuries that sunflowers wobble in seemingly random ways as they grow – but it seems that those movements actually optimise how much light each plant gets
Categories: Fossils

A cheaper alternative to activated charcoal for your terrarium

New Scientist - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 13:00
Is it worth including activated charcoal in your terrarium’s potting mix? James Wong isn’t convinced by this pricey product
Categories: Fossils

An engrossing history of teeth shows their complex role in evolution

New Scientist - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 13:00
From birds and bats to horses and great apes, Bill Schutt's seriously fun history of teeth, Bite, explains their role in both shaping evolution and our understanding of it
Categories: Fossils

If we could talk to whales, what might they say?

New Scientist - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 13:00
This week, we journey to the early 2030s, when machine learning first allowed us to communicate with sperm whales. Rowan Hooper tells us what they have to say
Categories: Fossils

Top astrobiologist explores the possibilities of alien life

New Scientist - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 13:00
It's time to expect the unexpected, says Natalie Cabrol, one of the world's top astrobiologists and author of an authoritative book on the hunt for life's origins – and ET
Categories: Fossils

Decoding the world's largest animal genome

Science Daily - Fossils - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 11:44
Scientists have sequenced the largest genome of all animals, the lungfish genome. Their data help to explain how the fish-ancestors of today's land vertebrates were able to conquer land.
Categories: Fossils

Giant fossil seeds from Borneo record ancient plant migration

Science Daily - Paleontology - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 11:37
Ancient fossil beans about the size of modern limes, and among the largest seeds in the fossil record, may provide new insight into the evolution of today's diverse Southeast Asian and Australian rainforests, according to researchers who identified the plants.
Categories: Fossils

Giant fossil seeds from Borneo record ancient plant migration

Science Daily - Fossils - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 11:37
Ancient fossil beans about the size of modern limes, and among the largest seeds in the fossil record, may provide new insight into the evolution of today's diverse Southeast Asian and Australian rainforests, according to researchers who identified the plants.
Categories: Fossils

Largest genome sequenced so far is 30 times bigger than a human's

New Scientist - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 11:00
The South American lungfish has a whopping 180 gigabases of DNA in each cell, compared with 6 gigabases in human cells
Categories: Fossils

Consumer insecticides are useless for fighting cockroach infestations

New Scientist - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 10:00
Lab-reared German cockroaches are susceptible to consumer insecticide sprays, allowing manufacturers to pass US regulatory tests, but insects taken from real-world infestations are able to shrug off the products
Categories: Fossils

How crocodiles were taught to stop eating deadly toxic cane toads

New Scientist - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 07:31
Invasive cane toads have decimated native freshwater crocodile populations in northern Australia, as the predators don't know they should avoid the toxic amphibians
Categories: Fossils

Endangered skates saved from extinction by hatching in captivity

New Scientist - Mon, 08/12/2024 - 19:30
The Maugean skate (Zearaja maugeana) is only found in one habitat in Australia, which is under threat from human activity. Now the species has been saved from extinction by hatching in captivity
Categories: Fossils

Has the mystery of life’s 'handedness' finally been cracked?

New Scientist - Mon, 08/12/2024 - 11:14
All living creatures use only the left or right-handed forms of certain molecules, and now we might understand why
Categories: Fossils

Millions of years for plants to recover from global warming

Science Daily - Paleontology - Fri, 08/09/2024 - 12:59
Catastrophic volcanic eruptions that warmed the planet millions of years ago shed new light on how plants evolve and regulate climate. Researchers reveal the long-term effects of disturbed natural ecosystems on climate in geological history and its implications for today.
Categories: Fossils

We now know how kestrels stay perfectly still while hovering

New Scientist - Fri, 08/09/2024 - 03:00
Two nankeen kestrels have been filmed flying in a wind tunnel to learn how the raptors keep their heads in a fixed position under turbulent conditions
Categories: Fossils

Early mammals lived longer

Science Daily - Paleontology - Thu, 08/08/2024 - 10:53
What distinguishes the growth and development patterns of early mammals of the Jurassic period? Paleontologists have been able to gauge the lifespan and growth rates of these ancient animals, and even when they reached maturity, by studying growth rings in fossilized tooth roots.
Categories: Fossils

Early mammals lived longer

Science Daily - Fossils - Thu, 08/08/2024 - 10:53
What distinguishes the growth and development patterns of early mammals of the Jurassic period? Paleontologists have been able to gauge the lifespan and growth rates of these ancient animals, and even when they reached maturity, by studying growth rings in fossilized tooth roots.
Categories: Fossils

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