Named Obelignathus septimanicus, the new species inhabited the European Archipelago around 72 million years ago (Cretaceous period) and belonged to a family of iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaurs called Rhabdodontidae. Life restoration of Obelignathus septimanicus in the Late Cretaceous environment recorded in the ‘Grès à Reptiles’ Formation, with a pair of dromaeosaurid dinosaurs in the background. Image…
New research from the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California Santa Cruz suggests the ability to keep time is not unique to our species. Ronan is the most consistent and precise mammalian beat keeper in experimental care. Image credit: Joel Sartore. While some mammals and birds have proved able to move in…
Pterosaurs are often imagined soaring over the heads of dinosaurs, but a new analysis of their fossilized footprints shows that some of these flying reptiles were just as comfortable walking on the ground. Terrestrial locomotion and track morphology of pterodactyloid pterosaurs: (A) reconstruction of the ctenochasmatoid pterosaur Ctenochasma elegans walking using an ipsilateral gait in…
A multinational team of neuroscientists has tested two competing theories of consciousness: the integrated information theory (IIT) and the global neuronal workspace theory (GNWT). IIT suggests that consciousness emerges when information inside a system is highly connected and unified, for as long as the information is consciously perceived, acting as a single whole. On the…
In exploring how crystals form, researchers at New York University came across an unusual, rod-shaped crystal that hadn’t been identified before. Zangenite. Image credit: Shihao Zang / NYU. Crystals are solid materials made up of particles that arrange themselves in repeating patterns. This process of self-assembly — ‘orchestrating order from chaos,’ as researchers describe it…
University of Portsmouth physicist Melvin Vopson proposes a new way to think about gravity — not just as a pull, but as something that happens when the Universe is trying to stay organized. This artist’s impression shows the evolution of the Universe beginning with the Big Bang on the left followed by the appearance of…
Neotropical crocodiles inhabit a broad geographic range with populations spanning from coastal, inland, and insular locations. In new research, scientists discovered a remarkable genetic diversity for the group and identified two new insular species: one living on the island of Cozumel and the other on the atoll of Banco Chinchorro, both off the Yucatán Peninsula….
Paleontologists have described the oldest known member of Haidomyrmecinae — an extinct subfamily of ants that only lived during the Cretaceous period — preserved as a rock impression in the limestone of the Crato Formation in northeastern Brazil. Vulcanidris cratensis, holotype. Scale bar – 2 mm. Image credit: Lepeco et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.03.023. Named Vulcanidris…
Malus is a genus with over 35 species naturally distributed across the temperate northern hemisphere, from East Asia and Europe to North America. This genus includes the domesticated apple (Malus domestica) and its wild relatives. New research reveals the evolutionary relationships among Malus species and how their genomes have evolved over the past nearly 60…
The new hybrid device combines decoupled sensors with a flexible wireless powering and transmitting module for emotion recognition, according to a research team headed by Penn State scientists. The wearable patch can simultaneously and accurately track multiple emotional signals. Image credit: Yangbo Yuan / Penn State. “This is a new and improved way to understand…
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