Like their popular terrestrial counterparts, “the big marine reptiles—they never come back,” says Witts ... activity is hypothesized by some scientists to have caused the end-Triassic extinction event ...

Scientists at Lund University analyzed soft tissue from a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil, discovering both smooth and ...

Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the ...

One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far ...

The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period dinosaur.

This is a well-written important paper on the recovery of fauna and flora following the end-Permian extinction event in several continental sites in northern China. The convincing conclusion, a rapid ...

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...

Loggerhead turtles can identify specific magnetic signatures, according to a new study, hinting at how the aquatic reptiles manage to return to the same foraging and nesting sites over and over again ...

as many modern reptiles and birds are today. But our evidence shows that their greater adaptability in walking and running ...

In the “rewarded” field, all the marine reptiles exhibited some extent of “turtle dance” behavior, which included tilting their bodies vertically, holding their heads near or above the ...

July 3, 2024 — Melting Arctic glaciers are in rapid recession, and microscopic pioneers colonize the new exposed landscapes. Researchers revealed that yeasts play an important role in soil ...