2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (604+ words) Unusual helium signatures detected in Zambian hot springs may signal that a hidden tectonic rift is actively developing beneath southwestern Africa. Deep beneath Zambia, scientists may have uncovered signs that Africa is slowly tearing apart. Clues rising from bubbling geothermal…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (884+ words) Scientists discovered that some of Earth's supposed earliest animal fossils were actually giant ancient microbes. Ancient microfossils discovered in Brazil are changing scientists' understanding of early life on Earth. Structures once believed to be traces left behind by tiny marine…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (531+ words) Skin bones evolved multiple times in lizards, with goannas showing a rare case of lost armor returning....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (78+ words) Australia's Twelve Apostles are towering time capsules, lifted by tectonics and carved by the sea....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (522+ words) A rare fossil fish scan reveals brain features and adaptations tied to the transition from aquatic to land animals. Researchers at Flinders University have taken a closer look inside the head of one of the earliest animals to move from…...

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1+ week, 6+ day ago  (139+ words) A newly discovered stegosaur skull from Spain is offering rare insight into the anatomy and evolution of one of Europe's most iconic dinosaurs....

2+ week, 45+ min ago  (397+ words) The findings were published April 22 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The fossil was first discovered in 2009 by Wilson Mantilla and his team. Unlike many similar finds, which often consist only of teeth, this specimen included a broader set of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (723+ words) A distorted dinosaur skull, once dismissed as unusable, became the focus of a detailed digital reconstruction that revealed new insights into early carnivorous dinosaurs. "You want to stick your finger in a dinosaur brain?" asked Simba Srivastava. In a fossil-filled…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (637+ words) A powerful tsunami seen from space is overturning what scientists thought they knew about how these waves travel. A satellite designed to measure ocean surface height delivered a remarkable result when a powerful earthquake near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula unleashed a…...