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Echolocation Shapes a Bat’s Skull to Match Specific Frequencies
1+ hour, 40+ min ago (530+ words) Learn how echolocation has shaped the skulls of bats that emit high-frequency sounds through their mouths and noses. For a bat to be at the top of its game for echolocation, it needs a good head on its shoulders. Not…...
250-Million-Year-Old Triassic Fossils Reveal a Rapid Global Marine Rebound After Mass Extinction
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (468+ words) Learn how Triassic marine amphibian fossils from the Kimberley region in Australia reveal rapid global dispersal after the end-Permian mass extinction. The study, published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, revisits 250-million-year-old remains from the Kimberley region of northwestern Australia....
Primates’ Climbing Techniques May Have Helped Shape Their Evolutionary Success
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (653+ words) Learn about the different ways mammals descended from trees and what this can tell us about early primate evolution. You might find the lemur mongoose in Madagascar and the raccoon in the deciduous forests of North America, but they have…...
Newly Discovered 95-Million-Year-Old Spinosaurus Was a "Heron-Like Beast"
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (642+ words) Learn how a newly discovered 95-million-year-old Spinosaurus mirabilis used interlocking teeth to catch fish in an ancient inland river system. A curved slab of bone pulled from a remote fossil site called Jenguebi, deep in Niger's central sand sea, revealed…...
Your Cat May Share the Same Cancer Genes as You, and Offer Clues for Treatment
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (610+ words) Learn how cats and humans can share key cancer mutations " and why those similarities could guide future treatment research. For millions of households, cats are family. Now, new genetic research suggests they may also help scientists better understand cancer. In…...
Greenland's Glacier Fronts Are Ideal Feeding Spots for Ringed Seals
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (626+ words) Learn how glacier fronts in Greenland concentrate polar cod and create critical feeding grounds for ringed seals. In summer, the fjords of northwest Greenland develop milky swirls where glaciers meet the sea. From above, those cloudy patches look almost like…...
200,000-Year-Old Teeth Reveal Hidden Climate Stress in Grey Wolves
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (473+ words) Learn how warming winters are making life harder for grey wolves, a struggle that the species has faced at least once before. Grey wolves are often portrayed as supremely adaptable survivors, capable of thriving almost anywhere. But new fossil evidence…...
This 215-Million-Year-Old Crocodile Was Built to Run, Not Swim
6+ day, 15+ min ago (515+ words) Learn how fossil evidence uncovered a new Triassic crocodylomorph species and reshaped our understanding of early crocodile evolution. Researchers have now named the animal Galahadosuchus jonesi and described it in The Anatomical Record. The genus name references Sir Galahad of…...
Why Do We Fear Snakes? The Reasons Could Begin in Childhood
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (504+ words) Learn more about the impact our parents and negative language have on how we begin to think about snakes at a young age. Snakes are commonly misunderstood, and the way our parents or guardians talk to us about them could…...
Wild Parrots May Follow Language-Like Rules — Including Syntax
1+ week, 2+ day ago (580+ words) Learn how wild parrots follow language-like syntax and structured vocal rules during territorial duets. When rival Yellow-naped Amazon parrots confront one another in the treetops of Costa Rica, their exchange can erupt into a rapid, layered volley of sound. The…...