A nearly complete skeleton unearthed in China reveals a unique species, offering scientists fresh insights into the evolutionary history of ancient animals. Paleontologists have identified a new species of therizinosaur, an enigmatic group of...

reinforces the theory that flapping flight developed independently in non-avialan dinosaurs. Multiple views of the fossil skeleton and key bones of the four-winged dinosaur. Credit: Nature Communications Mechanics of Movement While the four-winged...

Shirley has observed that the skin atop the heads of some individuals has eroded to the point where the underlying skeleton is visible, a phenomenon he attributes to the combined chemical and physical pressures of their habitat. “If you look at the...

This leaves the status of the other attendants unclear; some may have died by means that left no permanent mark on the skeleton, or they may have passed away from natural causes. Layout of Early Dynastic royal tombs and funerary enclosures at Abydos,...

elevation, though researchers emphasize that centuries of faulting and erosion have left behind only a dismantled skeleton of the original mountain. A massive, long-overlooked volcano lies hidden in one of Mars’ most recognizable landscapes. (CREDIT:...

picture of the animal’s life remains incomplete. As no fossilized fruit or seeds were discovered in association with the skeleton, scientists continue to rely on the functional anatomy of the jaw to interpret the behavior of this unique “hell chicken.”

identified the fragment as a partial ceratobranchial, marking the very first time any part of the tongue-supporting hyoid skeleton has been discovered in a pachycephalosaurian dinosaur. The fragile 121.9-millimetre-long rod was originally unearthed...

heat-stressed coral expels the essential algae residing in its tissues. Without this symbiotic energy source, the exposed skeleton leaves the organism vulnerable to starvation and further infection. The study highlights that certain species, such as the...

pulverized, and pyrolyzed in a muffle furnace at 500 degrees Celsius for 3 hours. This thermal breakdown creates a carbon skeleton riddled with microscopic pores. To boost its pollutant-catching abilities, the team coated the resulting coconut shell...

a parent compound can be misleading, as early chromophore cleavage suppresses absorbance without breaking down the carbon skeleton. High-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry frequently reveals that parent pollutants merely...

Credit: African Archaeological Review Insights From the Burial Site Excavations conducted in April 2018 revealed the skeleton of a young adult, aged between 25 and 35 at the time of death. The individual was placed directly on the desert surface beneath...

A rare mammoth fossil discovered on a Bulgarian riverbank has left researchers puzzled, sparking new questions about the creature’s mysterious origins. Historic low water levels along the Danube River have unveiled the skeletal remains of a woolly...

A colossal thigh bone unearthed eight meters underground has revealed a surprising evolutionary link, shedding new light on an ancient dinosaur world. Deep beneath a construction site in the Brazilian state of Maranhão, workers stumbled upon a relic...

Cemetery, an active Catholic burial site in Montreal from 1683 until 1796. Previous archaeological assessments of the skeletons had left scholars uncertain regarding the ancestral origins of those interred there. By sequencing DNA from 45 individuals...