Based on these details, its closest evolutionary relatives, and its river habitat, the study’s authors believe Tanyka likely resembled a three-foot-long salamander sporting a lengthier snout. But at ...

A team of biologists just discovered a new species of chiton, a marine mollusk that clings to rocks and feeds on algae.

Tiny, tooth-sized fossils have just reshaped the story of our deepest ancestry. Paleontologists have discovered the southernmost remains ever found of Purgatorius—the earliest-known relative of all ...

In a dry riverbed in Brazil, in a dense forest near the Amazon, a team of paleontologists found a fossilized jawbone from an ...

Prehistoric animals are often pictured as distant fossils, yet a surprising number of species still walk, swim, and crawl ...

NOAA Fisheries has determined that horseshoe crabs do not warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), finding that the petitions to do so lacked the necessary evidence that the species is ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Dennos Museum at Northwestern Michigan College has an exhibit about ...

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The dawn redwood is a deciduous conifer native to China, known for its growth and large, conical shape, reaching heights of 70-100 feet. Its fern-like foliage emerges light green in spring, turns dark ...

The humble horseshoe crab, an ancient species crawling seafloors since before the dawn of the dinosaurs, was durable enough to survive the mass extinctions of eons past. But now, hundreds of millions ...

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Horseshoe crabs have been around since the age of the dinosaurs. But several factors could threaten their survival. A lawsuit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. to protect ...