First fossil cicada discovered in the Messel pit
Eoplatypleura Messelensis Gen. And sp. Nov., Holotype, sf-mel1515. (a) Photographic overview. (b) Presentation of the superposition drawing. Credit: Scientific relationships ...
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Fossil of a new kind of mammal of the age of dinosaurs discovered in the Gobi desert in Mongolia
The reconstruction of the formation of the formation of Baynshire, Mongolia, showing Ravjaa Ishiii (foreground), a species of newly discovered ...
Environmental microbes caused more methane emissions than fossil fuels between 2020 and 2022, analysis finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Environmental microbes, not fossil fuels, are to blame for the recent increase in global methane emissions, ...
Extremely well-preserved fossil sawfly sheds new light on the coevolution of insects and toxic plants
This “extremely well preserved” fossil details a new species of sawfly that is now extinct. Credit: Michael Frese, University of ...
Fossil discovered in Brazil is 237 million-year-old sister group to Dinosauria
Credit: Gondwana Research (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2024.09.007 Paleontologist Rodrigo Temp Muller from the Federal University of Santa Maria, working with colleagues ...
New seed fossil sheds light on wind dispersal of plants
A fossil of the winged seed Alasemenia, from the Jianchuan Mine in Xinhang City, China. Credit: Deming Wang Scientists have ...
Unique new fish fossil prompts rethinking of how Earth’s geology shapes evolution
Coelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can grow up to two ...
Team develops new tool to map fossil fuel emissions from space
Spectral detection of ethane in radiances measured by the transverse infrared sounder (CrIS). The plots are (A) Carbon monoxide (CO) ...
Study suggests gaps in fossil record are not a major problem
Results of the simulation of carbonate platforms in the stratigraphic domain. A Scenario A: deposition based on a fictitious sea-level ...
Fossil deposits in Africa obscure fuller picture of human evolution, study finds
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Many of the earliest human fossils come from a few locations in Africa, where favorable geological ...
