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Nov. 1, 2022 —UV light makes it possible to see intricate structures of fossils that are barely visible in normal daylight. This method has often been used on the fossilized seashells from the Earth's current ...
Nov. 10, 2021 —Researchers have found that fast evolution can lead to ...
Aug. 18, 2021 —The breakup of the supercontinent and formation of the current Afro-Eurasia landmass were caused by movement of Earth's tectonic plates. The position of these tectonic plates is preserved in ...
Aug. 23, 2021 —Ocean deoxygenation during the Mesozoic Era was much more rapid than previous thought, with CO2 induced environmental warming creating ocean 'dead zones' over timescales of only tens of ...
Apr. 18, 2023 —The diverse swimming techniques of the ancient reptiles that ruled the Mesozoic seas have been ...
Sep. 30, 2020 —While dinosaurs ruled the land in the Mesozoic, the oceans were filled by predators such as crocodiles and giant lizards, but also entirely extinct groups such as ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs. Now ...
May 3, 2022 —New research moves back the moment of the radiation of squamates -- the group of reptiles that includes lizards, snakes and worm lizards -- to the Jurassic, a long time before current ...
Dec. 16, 2022 —The earliest dinosaurs included carnivorous, omnivorous and herbivorous species, according to a team of ...
Dec. 17, 2021 —A study investigated the enigma of why sauropod fossils are only found at lower latitudes, while fossils of other main dinosaur types seem ubiquitously present, with many located in the polar ...
Apr. 17, 2023 —Studying mass extinction events from the past can build our understanding of how ecosystems and the communities of organisms within them respond. Researchers are looking to the Late Devonian mass ...