News articles tagged with 'fossil'
New species of small theropod discovered in China
— 5 May 2013 19:17 | Geology and palaeontologyA new species of small fossil theropod have been discovered in northwestern China by a team of international researchers. In a paper published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology,…
Ancient environment found to drive marine biodiversity
— 25 Nov 2011 09:00 | Geology and palaeontologyMuch of our knowledge about past life has come from the fossil record - but how accurately does that reflect the true history and drivers of biodiversity on Earth?…
Human, artificial intelligence join forces to pinpoint fossil locations
— 22 Nov 2011 16:59 | Geology and palaeontologyIn 1991, a team led by Washington University in St. Louis palaeoanthropologist Glenn Conroy, PhD, discovered the fossils of the first - and still the only - known pre-human ape ever…
Did dinosaurs have lice? Researchers say it's possible
— 6 Apr 2011 15:22 | Geology and palaeontologyA new study louses up a popular theory of animal evolution and opens up the possibility that dinosaurs were early - perhaps even the first - animal hosts of lice…
Fossil is best look yet at an ancestor of buttercups
— 1 Apr 2011 15:54 | Geology and palaeontologyScientists from the United States and China have discovered the first intact fossil of a mature eudicot, a type of flowering plant whose membership includes buttercups, apple trees,…
Long lost cousin of T. rex identified by scientists
— 1 Apr 2011 14:39 | Geology and palaeontologyScientists have identified a new species of gigantic theropod dinosaur, a close relative of T. rex, from fossil skull and jaw bones discovered in China…
Researchers reveal remarkable fossil
— 28 Mar 2011 14:52 | Geology and palaeontologyResearchers from China, Leicester and Oxford have discovered a remarkable fossil which sheds new light on an important group of primitive sea creatures…
Uncertain future for Joshua trees projected with climate change
— 28 Mar 2011 14:27 | EnvironmentTemperature increases resulting from climate change in the Southwest will likely eliminate Joshua trees from 90 percent of their current range in 60 to 90 years, according to a new…
Palaeontologists audition modern examples of ancient behaviour
— 17 Mar 2011 17:29 | Geology and palaeontologyPalaeontologists agree that it's difficult to observe behaviour in fossil specimens that are dead - even extinct - and petrified. One method is to find a modern, living, species that…
Fossil bird study describes ripple effect of extinction in animal kingdom
— 8 Mar 2011 14:08 | Geology and palaeontologyA University of Florida study demonstrates extinction's ripple effect through the animal kingdom, including how the demise of large mammals 20,000 years ago led to the disappearance…