Researchers have tested the biting efficiency of Smilodon, an extinct species of carnivore close to the extant felines. Using high-precision 3D scans and simulation methods, the team has just revealed ...
Alca (Aves, Alcidae) has a comparatively rich fossil record with respect to other Charadriiformes, consisting of thousands of specimens. Despite the abundance of fossil material, species richness in ...
Why megalodons have captured our imagination and what researchers have learned from their extinction
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415-million-year-old fossils confirm the world’s largest scorpion was a meter-long apex predator that may have hunted on land and underwater
Museums are home to many mysteries. For all their labels and information panels, there remain specimens that elude ...
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Through analyzing fossil evidence, a research team at National Taiwan University (NTU) discovered the largest endemic bird to have lived in Taiwan, naming it Pavo miejue, or extinct peafowl (滅絕孔雀).
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