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Although an extinct animal was from a different group of marine mammals, an examination of fossils showed it evolved a way of eating that was very similar to that of [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein You've heard of a 'frog in your throat,' but probably not like this. On a hike through a sweaty Peruvian jungle in 2016, Kim Roelants, a biologist [...]

You've heard of a ''frog in your throat,'' but probably not like this. On a hike through a sweaty Peruvian jungle in 2016, Kim Roelants, a biologist at Vrije University [...]

El superpegamento natural, formado por unas inusuales proteínas, protege a las ranas de ser engullidas. https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaYKhdv5q08fphYVt40M En una caminata por una húmeda selva peruana en 2016, Kim Roelants, bióloga de [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein Researchers analyzed a skull found in Montana of a plant-eating member of the ceratops family, finding distinct traits. In the Late Cretaceous period, a remarkable flowering of [...]

Researchers analyzed a skull found in Montana of a plant-eating member of the ceratops family, finding distinct traits. In the Late Cretaceous period, a remarkable flowering of horned dinosaurs occurred [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein In May 2022, Jason Cooper, a commercial paleontologist, went for a walk around his property near the aptly named Colorado town of Dinosaur with a friend and [...]

In May 2022, Jason Cooper, a commercial paleontologist, went for a walk around his property near the aptly named Colorado town of Dinosaur with a friend and found a bit [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein Dice snakes found on an island in southeastern Europe fully commit themselves to the role of ex-reptile. Most snakes flee or fight when attacked. Then there are [...]

Dice snakes found on an island in southeastern Europe fully commit themselves to the role of ex-reptile. Most snakes flee or fight when attacked. Then there are the dice snakes [...]

Las serpientes de dados encontradas en una isla del sureste de Europa incluso sangran por la boca para fingir su muerte. La mayoría de las serpientes huyen o pelean cuando [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein These reptiles and their social networks are understudied, according to researchers applying scents to different snakes to assess their behavior. Say the words 'animal self-recognition,' and many [...]

These reptiles and their social networks are understudied, according to researchers applying scents to different snakes to assess their behavior. Say the words ''animal self-recognition,'' and many scientists will think [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein Scientists built a working model of an early winged dinosaur to test a hypothesis about how the appendages evolved. The origin of bird wings has long presented [...]

Scientists built a working model of an early winged dinosaur to test a hypothesis about how the appendages evolved. The origin of bird wings has long presented a puzzle to [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein Researchers say the species they named Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis predated the dinosaur era's great predator. A team of researchers have announced the discovery of a new species of [...]

Researchers say the species they named Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis predated the dinosaur era's great predator. A team of researchers have announced the discovery of a new species of Tyrannosaurus from New [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein New research is trying to remake the case that fossils known as Nanotyrannus were their own species, rather than a teenage Tyrannosaurus rex. It is only 23 [...]

New research is trying to remake the case that fossils known as Nanotyrannus were their own species, rather than a teenage Tyrannosaurus rex. It is only 23 inches long, but [...]

An analysis by researchers in China found that weather disasters might be helping nonnative animals replace native species in the wild. A new analysis published this week suggests that extreme [...]

An analysis by researchers in China found that weather disasters might be helping nonnative animals replace native species in the wild. A new analysis published this weeksuggests that extreme weather [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein Remnants of decaying tiny animals were colonized by others in an interspecies interaction dating back 480 million years. The bodies of the dead drift to the bottom [...]

Remnants of decaying tiny animals were colonized by others in an interspecies interaction dating back 480 million years. The bodies of the dead drift to the bottom of the ocean, [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein Today it is Bavaria, a region of Germany. But in the Late Jurassic Period, it was a shallow tropical archipelago ringed with sponge reefs. The hyper-saline, oxygen-poor [...]

Most people come to Ox Ranch -- an 18,000-acre property outside Uvalde, Texas -- for the thrill of hunting exotic animals in the Hill Country. But the ranch is also [...]

Most people come to Ox Ranch — an 18,000-acre property outside Uvalde, Texas — for the thrill of hunting exotic animals in the Hill Country. But the ranch is also [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein The discovery suggests that long necks, which helped some prehistoric reptiles catch food, were tempting targets for predators. In 1830, Henry De la Beche, an English paleontologist, [...]

The discovery suggests that long necks, which helped some prehistoric reptiles catch food, were tempting targets for predators. In 1830, Henry De la Beche, an English paleontologist, composed a painting [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein Researchers just discovered that the spiny mouse was concealing bony plates beneath the skin over its tail. At first it looks like a slightly more hairy rodent. [...]

Researchers just discovered that the spiny mouse was concealing bony plates beneath the skin over its tail. At first it looks like a slightly more hairy rodent. But the spiny [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein The arachnids, which probably migrated to the United States from South Africa, seem to be attacking black widow spiders in some parts of the country. Few spiders [...]

The arachnids, which probably migrated to the United States from South Africa, seem to be attacking black widow spiders in some parts of the country. Few spiders in the United [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein Bottlenose dolphins help Brazilian fishermen pull in their catch, and researchers have worked out what the marine mammals get from the cooperative hunting. Every summer in waters [...]

Bottlenose dolphins help Brazilian fishermen pull in their catch, and researchers have worked out what the marine mammals get from the cooperative hunting. Every summer in waters off the town [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein A new paper suggests an ancient creature's odd anatomical feature may be the earliest known example of specialized sexual combat in the animal kingdom. Walliserops trifurcatus wasn't [...]

A new paper suggests an ancient creature's odd anatomical feature may be the earliest known example of specialized sexual combat in the animal kingdom. Walliserops trifurcatus wasn't like the other [...]

How smushed shells could help to resolve paleontological mysteries. You never know where a bit of unusual scientific research is going to lead. Consider a https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jez.1773. Researchers subjected the skeletal [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein In a Congolese national park, great apes of different species interact socially, with individuals clearly recognizing one another. In the misty forests of the Congolese rainforest, a [...]

In a Congolese national park, great apes of different species interact socially, with individuals clearly recognizing one another. In the misty forests of the Congolese rainforest, a small band of [...]

Mention the ocean, and it's hard not to think of jaws. The deep waters contain many tooth-lined mouths: the bear-trap maws of sharks and dolphins, the slack lips of shoaling [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein Feral burros wreck wetlands in the desert national park. But a study found that when mountain lions prey on them, the donkeys may help some terrain thrive. [...]

Byline: Asher Elbein A 3-D model developed by researchers suggests that the extinct megashark was fiercer than paleontologists previously imagined. Five million years ago, immense predatory sharks patrolled the oceans. [...]