A recent study published in Papers in Palaeontology describes the discovery and identification of a new species of ...

Imagine a crocodile built like a greyhound—that's a sebecid. Standing tall, with some species reaching 20 feet in length, ...

Imagine a world where monstrous beasts, with jaws large enough to crush bones and attitudes as fierce as their appearance, ...

Imagine a world where enormous beasts clash beneath the waves, locked in a struggle for survival. Picture a creature as long ...

Apr. 18, 2025 — Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of ... Environmental Variability ...

But that may be a bit of a misnomer, because that label suggests ... of years by analyzing skull and teeth shape of different species over time. Jaws lined with sharp dagger-like teeth were most ...

Apr. 28, 2025 — Even under today's climatic conditions, the long-extinct straight-tusked elephant could still live in Europe. This is the conclusion of a recent study. For this finding, the ...

The aim of the present study is to investigate whether proportions of postcanine tooth length (relative to other postcanine teeth) are correlated with measures ... A thorough assessment of ...

It’s the Sistine Chapel of comparative anatomy. Photo credit ... Photo credit: Song Z. The carnivore skulls, with their specialized teeth for slicing meat, sit near the flat-toothed herbivore skulls ...

It includes a partial skull with teeth, spinal column, rib cage, forelimbs, and hind limbs. The researchers determined that the skeleton belonged to a mature adult that weighed about 1.3 kilograms, or ...

Given the success of the first volume of the Research Topic: Microsurgical Anatomy of the Central Nervous System and Skull Base, and the rapidly evolving subject area, we are pleased to announce the ...

Then she bit down, and I felt the teeth pierce my flesh. “She chomped down again, and I felt teeth pierce my skull.” La Verde said felt himself spinning around underwater and believes the alligator ...