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A study has identified a new species of plesiosaur named Plesionectes longicollum that is thought to have swam the oceans during the Toarcian period, nearly 183 million years ago. Excavated from a quarry in Germany in 1978, the specimen has been stored in collections at the Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History for almost 50 years. The new research investigates the anatomy …

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Floodwater in Texas has uncovered 15 dinosaur footprints dating to 115 million years ago, researchers say. The prints were discovered in northwest Travis County by volunteers who were helping to clear up debris from the devastating floods that hit the region in July, Travis County judge Andy Brown, the county’s chief executive, told ABC News. The three-clawed prints — each …

A few weeks ago, New England Wildlife Center (NEWC) received a call for help that immediately raised concerns. The caller reported finding a small owl on the side of a busy road in Harwich, Massachusetts, who refused to move, despite all the cars zooming past. “This is not typical owl behavior, so we sent our rescue team to investigate,” NEWC …

New hominin fossils recovered from the Ledi-Geraru Research Project area in the Afar region of Ethiopia suggest the presence of early Homo at 2.78 and 2.59 million years ago and a previously unknown species of Australopithecus at 2.63 million years ago. Forensic facial reconstruction of Australopithecus afarensis. Image credit: Cicero Moraes / CC BY-SA 3.0. The time interval between about …

Scientists ‘Hack’ Fruit Fly Romance By Transferring Vomit-Based Courtship Between Species  Study Finds Fruit fly study achieves first transfer of behavior between species through single gene manipulation  Phys.org A single protein makes lovesick flies spill their guts  Science News Source link

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The newly described Janjucetus dullardi is known from juvenile remains. This illustration depicts a J. dullardi calf with its mother. (Image credit: Artwork by Ruairidh Duncan. Source: Museums Victoria) Scientists have discovered a “deceptively cute” ancient whale with large eyes and razor-sharp teeth that devoured prey off Australia around 26 million years ago. The newly discovered Janjucetus dullardi is one …

Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he answers the biggest questions of all. There’s an old saying that everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts. The idea behind this sentiment is that we might disagree on the importance we assign to various aspects of …