Feb. 25, 2025 — New research has revealed how massive ancient glaciers acted like giant bulldozers, reshaping Earth's surface and paving the way for complex life to flourish. By chemically ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Fossil evidence indicates that tropical riparian ecosystems recovered rapidly after the end-Permian mass extinction, which occurred around 252 million years ago ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — Researchers examined dozens of bird species in museum collections looking for differences in the feathers and bodies between birds that can fly and birds that can't. They found ...

Fossil records show early land recovery post-Permian extinction Burrowing behaviour indicates stabilisation of ecosystems Plant and animal fossils reveal faster adaptation in riparian zones ...

Tian and colleagues analysed trace fossils (such as burrows and footprints), plant remains and vertebrate fossils preserved in sedimentary rocks spanning the Early Triassic, which followed the ...

Finally, during the mid- and late-Carboniferous, prehistoric Virginia turned into a swamp that was slowly covered by vegetation and eventually roamed by dinosaurs during the Triassic. Evidence of ...

Their studies suggest a harsh environment at the start of the Early Triassic period, with only sparse and simple life remaining. The fossils from this period indicate a monospecific community ...

According to a new study, Walton-on-the-Naze is the best place to find fossils in the U.K. The resort town is filled with shark teeth, fossilized wood, and ancient plant artifacts. Places such as ...

Research published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology has unveiled a landmark discovery—fossils of the world's oldest known megaraptorid and the first evidence of carcharodontosaurs ...

no fossils from these early dinosaurs have been discovered in the Amazon or central Africa. Heath suggests that this is due to a combination of accessibility issues and a lack of focused research in ...