New research led by the University of Washington suggests that two different climate transitions millions of years ago fueled ...
Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today’s animals — including humans — may struggle, or fail, to survive. Yet ...
Andrés Alfonso-Rojas has analysed giant anaconda fossils from South America to deduce that these tropical snakes reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago, and have remained giants ever since.
The ancestors of our furry cats and dogs once looked similar to today's modern mongoose, a mammal with a long body and small, ...