Read more about the article Marine Reptile That Lived 170 Million Years Ago Identified As Oldest-Known Mega-Predatory Pliosaur
Image shows an illustration of the oldest megapredatory pliosaur, Lorrainosaurus, in the ancient Middle Jurassic sea, undated photo. It thrived in today's northern France 170 million years ago. (Joschua Knueppe/Newsflash)

Marine Reptile That Lived 170 Million Years Ago Identified As Oldest-Known Mega-Predatory Pliosaur

The fossils of a 170-million-year-old monster have been identified as the oldest-known mega-predatory reptile closely related to the famous long-necked plesiosaurs. Image shows an illustration of the oldest megapredatory pliosaur,…

0 Comments
Read more about the article Prehistoric Climate Change Bees Trapped In Time
Picture shows X-ray micro-CT of a male Eucera inside its nest, undated. Scientists hope to find out more about bees' survival strategies after discovering 3,000-year-old mummified solitary bee larvae preserved as a result of a cataclysmic event that even destroyed the bacteria that would have normally led to their decay. (Fernando Muiz/Newsflash)

Prehistoric Climate Change Bees Trapped In Time

The subterranean network created by undomesticated bees may be more durable than the tunnels dug by worms, a study using a hospital CT scan has shown. Picture shows X-ray micro-CT…

0 Comments
Read more about the article Scientists Revive Ice Age Roundworm
Image shows the Panagrolaimus kolymaensis nematode, undated photo. It was discovered by researchers from the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science RAS in Russia in the Siberian Permafrost. (Alexei V. Tchesunov and Anastasia Shatilovich, Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science RAS/Newsflash)

Scientists Revive Ice Age Roundworm

Scientists in Germany have reanimated a roundworm from the Siberian permafrost that had laid dormant for nearly 50,000 years. Image shows the Panagrolaimus kolymaensis nematode, undated photo. It was discovered…

0 Comments
Read more about the article Jurassic Park-Style Revival For Extinct Butterfly, Say Scientists
Photo shows illustration of the butterfly Xerces Blue on a plant it used to feed Acmispon glaber. Researchers have found the genome of the butterfly. (Marti Franch-CSIC/Newsflash)

Jurassic Park-Style Revival For Extinct Butterfly, Say Scientists

Genetics experts have revealed how they could be able to bring an extinct butterfly back from the dead in a Jurassic Park-style revival. Photo shows illustration of the butterfly Xerces…

0 Comments
Read more about the article Researchers Find New Species Of Fish And Insects Inside Untouched Cave In Colombia
Picture shows spider found in a cave, undated. Researchers from the Humboldt Institute managed to enter a remote and unexplored area of Caqueta, Colombia, where they found cave-dwelling species, some of which could be new. (Felipe Villegas, Humboldt Institute/Newsflash)

Researchers Find New Species Of Fish And Insects Inside Untouched Cave In Colombia

Researchers in Colombia may have discovered never-before-seen species living inside a remote and untouched cave. Picture shows spider found in a cave, undated. Researchers from the Humboldt Institute managed to…

0 Comments
Read more about the article LEGAL TUSKFORCE: Mammoth Meatballs Row Set For Court
Photo shows a mammoth meatball, undated. Wunderman Thompson and the Australian startup Vow unveiled a mammoth meatball at the NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, claiming it is the world’s first meatball containing mammoth myoglobin. (Aico Lind www.studioaico.nl/Newsflash)

LEGAL TUSKFORCE: Mammoth Meatballs Row Set For Court

A company claiming to have invented meatballs made of lab-grown mammoth protein is set to sue rivals who say they created the process. Photo shows a mammoth meatball, undated. Wunderman…

0 Comments
Read more about the article Small Sea Snail Shells Were Used As Jewellery 45,000 Years Ago
Image shows a heat map of the thickness of different snail shells, undated photo. People used snail shells as jewellery 45,000 years ago, Austrian researchers claim. (Marjolein D. Bosch/OeAW)

Small Sea Snail Shells Were Used As Jewellery 45,000 Years Ago

Sea snail shells discovered during excavation work in Lebanon had been taken there to be used as jewellery some 45,000 years ago. The fact that the items were so used…

0 Comments
Read more about the article Threatened Sea Anemones Now Living In UK Waters As Well Can Learn Without Possessing A Brain
Picture shows the starlet sea anemone, undated. These sea creatures can learn without a brain according to a new study by Simon Sprecher, a neurobiologist at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. (Newsflash)

Threatened Sea Anemones Now Living In UK Waters As Well Can Learn Without Possessing A Brain

Researchers claim to have found that it is not necessary to have a brain in order to learn something. The remarkable discovery was made by Prof. Simon Sprecher from the…

0 Comments
Read more about the article T-Rex Skeleton Auction Next Month
Photo shows a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, undated. For the first time in Europe and only the third time worldwide, a skeleton of an entire T. rex dinosaur of exceptional quality will be offered at auction in Zurich, Switzerland, on April 18, 2023. (Koller Auctions/Newsflash)

T-Rex Skeleton Auction Next Month

The skeleton of an entire Tyrannosaurus rex will go under the hammer in Switzerland next month with an expected price of more than GBP 7 million. Photo shows a Tyrannosaurus…

0 Comments