Home - Environment - Scientists dropped just two brown anole lizards on each of several storm-swept Bahamian islands, and years later their descendants revealed something natural selection alone could not erase In May 2005, scientists released one male and one female brown anole…
An international team of researchers led by LMU paleontologist Bettina Reichenbacher has managed to classify fossils of one of the most species-rich fish groups into a family tree for the first time. Materials provided by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Note: Content may…
A research team from the University of Helsinki has discovered a tree hyrax in the Taita Hills, Kenya, which may belong to a species previously unknown to science. The discovery, which was part of a study of the vocalisations of…
A new study finds no shared pattern in bone histology, microanatomy or life history traits that distinguishes neotenic salamanders from metamorphosing ones, including the Permian fossil Apateon. Neoteny, the retention of larval traits into sexual maturity, has long fascinated biologists…
October 28, 2026 / 6:55 PM MDT / CBS Colorado The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is preparing to display one of the rarest dinosaur fossils ever discovered: a footprint from what researchers have identified as the world's only known adult Tyrannosaurus rex trackway. The…
Newswise — Women in Herpetology: 50 Stories from Around the World unveils the inspiring journeys of 50 women from 50 countries and regions who have dedicated their lives to studying amphibians and reptiles. This groundbreaking book showcases the determination, passion, and love for these…
In most animal species, males and females differ. This is true for people and other mammals, as well as many species of birds, fish and reptiles. But what about dinosaurs? In 2015, I proposed that variation found in the iconic back…
Meet Infernogallus jamesi, the first primarily fruit-eating dinosaur that may have had a crucial role in shaping the Cretaceous ecosystem. Sharing a neighborhood with T. rex sounds stressful enough without having to compete for dinner. For one small, feathered dinosaur, finding…
A dinosaur discovery by an international team of paleontologists from Stony Brook University, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the North Dakota Geological Survey revealed a new species that makes it the first known dinosaur that specifically ate fruit. Infernogallus jamesi,…
A two-ton dinosaur has finally been identified as a new species. Britain’s dinosaurs are multiplying, and scientists don’t even need to dig for some of them. For decades, palaeontologists thought they had a reasonably good picture of the enormous plant-eating…
Dinosaur discoveries and research: new species, feathers, growth and behaviour, birds as living dinosaurs, pterosaurs and marine reptiles.
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