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Paleontologists have discovered and described a new ctenochasmatid pterosaurian mandible from the Late Jurassic Portland Limestone Formation of southern England.

A tiny, woolly flower found hiding in Texas's Big Bend National Park shows the intriguing strangeness of sunflowers

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Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of obruchevodid petalodont (petal-toothed) shark from multiple teeth unearthed at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky, the United States.

Paleontologists have described a new specimen of the genus Archaeopteryx from the Mörnsheim Formation in the Franconian Alb of Bavaria, Germany.

Paleontologists from the American University in Cairo and elsewhere say they have found an almost complete skull of the hyaenodont Bastetodon syrtos in the lower Oligocene layers of the Jebel Qatrani Formation, Egypt.

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of small-sized dinocephalosaurid archosauromorph from the fossilized skeleton found in the Chinese province of Yunnan.

A group of scientists recently found something new and terrifying in a cave in the North of Ireland — the fuzzy corpse of a zombified spider, infected with a mind-controlling…

Researchers have discovered blow fly larvae with fake termite faces on their rears that enable them to socially integrate into termite colonies in the mountains of Morocco.

UC Berkeley's Rebecca Tarvin and Colombian colleagues tracked down a new species along that country's pacific coast, naming it in honor of an Afro-Colombian music style.

A bizarre new genus and species of ornithomimid dinosaur has been identified from the fossilized remains found in 2014 in Coahuila, Mexico.

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur based on depictions of the now-destroyed specimen from the Bahariya Formation in Egypt.

Homo erectus, an early member of the genus Homo, successfully navigated harsher and more arid terrains for longer in Eastern Africa than previously thought, according to new research.

Mycena crocata is a long-known species of fungus frequently reported from Europe and Japan, which was considered non-luminescent until now.

In 2022, biologists with Conservation International conducted a survey that uncovered a trove of biodiversity in the heart of the Alto Mayo landscape, Peru.

Free amino acids (FAAs) positively determine the tea quality, notably theanine, endowing umami taste of tea infusion.

Paleontologists have described a new specimen of Haplocanthosaurus based on bones excavated from the Dry Mesa Dinosaur Quarry near Delta, Colorado, the United States.

Discover the species that range from a blob-nosed fish to a snake named after Leonardo DiCaprio.

A photograph authentically shows a dinosaur limb with intact skin.

This tiny octopus packs a poisonous punch, but just how deadly is it to humans? Read on to learn more about the blue-ringed octopus.