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Dinosaur domination resulted from volcano-driven climate change

September 27, 2021
The rise of dinosaurs coincided with environmental changes driven by major volcanic eruptions over 230 million years ago, a new study reveals. Research matching volcanic activity with northern China lake...

Will remote clinical trials help or hinder?

May 28, 2021
With the current world focus on remote solutions, some contract services appear to benefit from place-independence. But Ellie Robertson discusses why, when looked at in greater depth, remote trials aren't...

Giant sea lizard fossil shows diversity of life before asteroid hit

May 14, 2021
A further species discovery confirms the abundance and diversity of giant marine lizards in the Cretaceous period. Eight metres long, with small eyes, huge jaws and snake-like tongues, Pluridens serpentis...

Meet the baby tyrannosaurs – dog-sized and looking just like mum and dad

January 29, 2021
Imagine mini tyrannosaurs running around your legs like collie dogs! They may have grown to 40 feet as adults, but baby tyrannosaurs looked like their parents when they first hatched...

Megalodon babies were born larger than a man

January 18, 2021
While 'The Meg' exaggerated its movie magic megalodon, researchers have shown a baby megatooth shark (Otodus megalodo)would have been bigger than you from the day it was born! Data also...

Dire wolves evolved in isolation from gray wolves

January 15, 2021
Reality is more interesting than myth, and all Game of Throne fans who fell in love with Lady, Grey Wind, Ghost and the Stark family's direwolf pack can celebrate in...

A tale of tusks… or a ‘herd of treasure’?

December 21, 2020
Not all shipwrecked treasure is gold and silver. One might think of a sunken herd, rather than a sunken hoard, as more than a hundred elephant tusks raised alongside the...

Beware the prehistoric beast of Bristol; Thecodontosaurus’ brain modelled

December 15, 2020
The beautifully preserved braincase of Bristol's dog-sized dinausaur, Thecodontosaurus, was used to render a 3-D model of its brain. Results show that this agile beast had great big eyes -...

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