Titanosaurs were among the largest land animals to ever exist. Now, paleontologists attribute their success to unique adaptations that combined traits of both reptiles and mammals. Let’s discover how ...

Even under today's climatic conditions, the long-extinct straight-tusked elephant could still live in Europe. This is the ...

The National Park Service said that scientists analyzed four sets of vertebrate trace fossils using 3D imaging techniques. Vertebrates are diverse animals with backbones, such as fish, birds and ...

Mar. 20, 2025 — Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By ...

Apr. 1, 2025 — A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus, gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, ... New 'Shy' Fungus Found in Old ...

The National Park Service said that scientists analyzed four sets of vertebrate trace fossils using 3D imaging techniques. Vertebrates are diverse animals with backbones, such as fish, birds and ...

David Attenborough was given this elephant bird egg whilst in Madagascar, 40 years ago. This gallery is from Natural World — 2015-2016 , Attenborough's Big Birds ...

The neglect is not solely down to lack of time – I find that the slowly unfolding horrors of the world (wars, bird flu and climate catastrophe, alongside bigotry, cruelty, and the wholesale ...

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Taxonomy is the classification and description of living organisms. It includes the naming and defining of species, and the collation of data about their biology and biogeography.