New research from the University of St Andrews has discovered a crucial piece in the puzzle of how all animals with a spine—including all mammals, fish, reptiles and amphibians—evolved. In a paper ...

Tyrannoroter heberti fossil shows one of the earliest land animals to eat plants, changing what we know about how ...

Baby dinosaurs weren’t coddled like lion cubs or elephant calves—they were more like prehistoric latchkey kids. New research ...

Tyrannoroter had specialized teeth to pulverize plants It lived 307 million years ago during Carboniferous Period Its skull was found in Canada's Nova Scotia province Feb 10 (Reuters) - Scientists ...

The European Union has robust environmental legislation, with the Birds and Habitats Directives playing a particularly important role in protecting wildlife. In contrast, animal welfare legislation – ...

“ Tyrannoroter is the earliest and most complete vertebrate land herbivore to show adaptations that could process high-fiber ...

This football-sized creature could grind its teeth like a hard-core plant-eater, back before that was really a thing — and it ...

Ducks display one of the most studied examples of sexual conflict in vertebrate evolution. In several species, males evolved elongated corkscrew shaped genitalia associated with forced copulation ...

Discover the surprising connection between bowing deer and Japan in this engaging video. Explore the cultural significance of ...

A paper published in Science describes the discovery of Spinosaurus mirabilis, a new spinosaurid species found in Niger. A 20-person team led by Paul Sereno, Ph.D., Professor of Organismal Biology and ...

Experts point to a lack of real-world exposure to STEM concepts and careers as a reason for that slide in interest. Several ...