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Rare fossil discovery in Meghalaya: Estimated to be 30-40 million years old
Representative imageA team of explorers from Core Geo Expedition has made a groundbreaking discovery in Meghalaya, unearthing rare fossil structures estimated to be around 30 to 40 million years old. The fossils were found during an exploration in February 2024, deep within the remote Gongdap village near Tolegre in the South Garo Hills district. Situated
50-Foot-Long Fossil Snake May Be the Largest That Ever Lived
A newly described fossil snake in India may be the largest that ever lived, according to a team that studied 27 vertebrae recovered from a lignite mine in India. The new species is dubbed Vasuki indicus—named for India and the mythical serpent that wraps itself around the neck of the Hindu god Shiva. Extrapolating the
Unique Fossil Site Discovered in France Provides Insights into Ordovician Polar Ecosystems
In a new paper in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, paleontologists described the diversity of the Cabrières Biota, a new Early Ordovician site from Montagne Noire, southern France. During the Early Ordovician, the area was an open marine environment located in the southern hemisphere at high polar latitudes on the margin of the supercontinent
What Peak Demand for Fossil Fuels Will Look Like
Haley Zaremba Haley Zaremba is a writer and journalist based in Mexico City. She has extensive experience writing and editing environmental features, travel pieces, local news in the… More Info Premium Content By Haley Zaremba - Dec 05, 2023, 2:00 PM CST The IEA's World Energy Outlook 2023 predicts that demand for coal, oil, and natural
Earliest-Known Fossil Mosquito Found in Lebanese Amber
Female mosquitoes are among the most notorious hematophagous (blood-feeding) insects, sometimes causing severe allergic responses. Hematophagy in insects is likely a feeding shift from plant fluids, with the piercing-sucking mouthparts serving as suitable exaptation for piercing vertebrates’ skin. The origins of these habits are mired in an often-poor fossil record for many hematophagous lineages, particularly
A Mesozoic fossil lagerstätte from 250.8 million years ago shows a modern-type marine ecosystem | Science
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Fossils of a tiny sea creature that died more than half a billion years ago may compel a science textbook rewrite of how brains evolved. A U.S. National Science Foundation-supported study published in Science provides the first detailed description of Cardiodictyon catenulum, a wormlike animal preserved in rocks in China's southern Yunnan province. Measuring barely half
New fossil foot analysis reveals the surprising and varied lifestyles of dinosaur bird ancestors
Feet of an Andean condor. Credit: Vladimir Wrangel/Shutterstock Have you ever eaten chicken feet? If you haven't, you might be surprised to learn there's actually quite a bit of flesh down there. And scales too! They're wonderful—and informative—pieces of engineering. As someone whose specialty is working on fossilized dinosaur skin, I have more than a
Fossil discovery solves mystery of how pandas became vegetarian
Pandas eat for up to 15 hours a day and an adult panda can consume 45kg of bamboo a day. The discovery of panda fossils in China has helped researchers solve the mystery of how the giant species developed a "false thumb" and became the only dedicated vegetarian in the bear family. Fossils dating back…
We can now tell how much CO2 in the air is due to fossil fuel burning
A way of distinguishing between natural carbon dioxide emissions and those from burning fossil fuels could help cities and countries monitor their progress in cutting emissions Environment 22 April 2022 By Michael Le Page Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal power station in the UKeye35.pix/Alamy A way of directly measuring the carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels could…