New research on mosasaurs, based on new technologies and fossil discoveries, sheds light on their evolution, feeding habits, ...

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Bone scans reveal insights into an ancient South African crocodile ancestor ...

Inside the fiercely competitive Federal Duck Stamp Contest, part of the wildly successful conservation program that has ...

Darwin was just 22 when he set out on a voyage that would change the way humanity understands itself and the natural world ...

A researcher has found that the rapid detection of snakes by monkeys is because of the presence of snake scales as a visual cue. His findings highlight an evolutionary adaptation of primates to ...

Understanding these mechanisms provides insight into the evolution of visual processing related to threat detection ... This observation suggests that the monkeys had a strong response to the ...

Learn more about some of the most unique dinosaurs, prehistoric reptiles, and flying reptiles discovered in 2024.

Rabou, A. (2024) On the Palestinian Reptilian Fauna Caged and/or Kept Stuffed at Zoos of the Gaza Strip. Open Journal of ...

The age of dinosaurs began over 230 million years ago, ushering in an era of unparalleled diversity and dominance. While the ...

An extinct carnivorous group known as gorgonopsians, which lived between 270 and 250 million years ago, laid eggs and had ...

We can only build these groups based on the information available to us, and that becomes much harder when dealing with extinct animals. It comes down to looking at shared traits, but that gets more ...