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In the constant flux of evolution, some species stand as remarkable exceptions—living fossils that have remained virtually unchanged for millions of years. These evolutionary stalwarts have found ...
The fossil will be housed in a new expansion to the museum, including a state-of-the-art paleontology lab, that will open in 2022. “The Dueling Dinosaurs are really a gem that’s been hidden ...
The mesh-like fossil would push back the oldest known animal on Earth by more than 300 million years. But like many claims of very old life, the study is kicking up lively debate.
Dinosaur fossils could hold the key to new cancer discoveries and influence future treatments for humans, scientists say. In a new study published in the journal Biology that was almost a decade ...
Their findings, published in the journal Biology, uncovered surprising red blood cell-like structures in fossils of Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus, a plant-eating dinosaur that lived around 66 to ...
Last week, the Australian government announced it had given preliminary approval for the country’s biggest fossil fuel project, the North West Shelf Project, to continue operations until 2070.
The Supreme Court this week reshaped how the federal government thinks about fossil fuel infrastructure, limiting what can be included in environmental review and telling courts to defer to agencies.
Imagine that humanity quit fossil fuels. Think of our entire Ozymandian blob of a global economy running on clean energy instead of ancient heat-trapping hydrocarbons—more than 1 billion ...
More examples are already emerging. In 2024, a Belgian farmer filed a lawsuit against French fossil fuel major TotalEnergies, seeking compensation for damage to his farm as a result of extreme ...
In 2021, mine workers in Morocco made a huge discovery. They found a fossil that scientists believed to be a new species of mosasaur – a large swimming reptile that lived in the same era as the ...