Everyone knows about the asteroid. That rock from space, roughly six miles wide, that slammed into what is now Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and wiped out nearly all dinosaurs in one catastrophic blow. It is the rock star of extinction events, dramatic, well documented, and famous enough to inspire blockbuster movies. Yet it was not the ...
Every so often, the Earth gives up a secret it has been holding for tens of millions of years. A bone pokes out of a riverbank. A miner’s pickaxe strikes something unexpected. A farmer notices something strange in the ground. These moments, ordinary on the surface, have collectively rewritten entire chapters of natural history. Dinosaurs ...
Astrologers note a week rich in transitional energies as Mercury retrograde concludes and a late-degree New Moon in Pisces sets the stage for renewal. Mercury Conjunct Mars Sparks Bold Conversations Mercury Conjunct Mars Sparks Bold Conversations (Image Credits: Pexels) The week opens with a charged Mercury-Mars conjunction in Pisces, exact early on March 16 but ...
New Mexico – A massive shinbone pulled from the desert decades ago points to a gigantic tyrannosaur that roamed the region 74 million years ago, offering fresh clues to the roots of Tyrannosaurus rex. A Forgotten Fossil Resurfaces A Forgotten Fossil Resurfaces (Image Credits: Unsplash) University of New Mexico students unearthed the tibia in the ...
Brazil – Paleontologists announced a new species of enormous sauropod dinosaur whose Brazilian fossils closely match one from Spain, confirming land pathways linked the continents roughly 120 million years ago. A Titan Emerges from Roadworks A Titan Emerges from Roadworks (Image Credits: Wikimedia) Workers at a construction site near Davinópolis in northeastern Maranhão state uncovered ...
Orange, California — Renowned paleontologist Jack Horner, celebrated for his technical advisory role on the Jurassic Park film series, has separated from Chapman University following the release of emails linking him to Jeffrey Epstein’s New Mexico ranch. A Paleontology Legend’s Hollywood Connection A Paleontology Legend’s Hollywood Connection (Image Credits: Getty Images) Jack Horner built a ...
A growing body of work posits that the ability to predict lies at the core of intelligence across all living systems and emerging artificial ones. Decades of Narrow Assumptions Shattered Decades of Narrow Assumptions Shattered (Image Credits: Unsplash) Scientists long viewed true intelligence as dependent on specialized internal structures, such as explicit reasoning engines or ...
Arvorezinha, Rio Grande do Sul — A thumb-sized amphibian clings to survival in a narrow riverside forest fragment, showcasing resilience against formidable odds. A Microendemic Marvel Emerges A Microendemic Marvel Emerges (Image Credits: Imgs.mongabay.com) The admirable red-bellied toad, or Melanophryniscus admirabilis, inhabits less than 700 meters of rocky terrain along the Forqueta River. Researchers first ...
Picture a world with no grass. No flowers. No fruit trees lining any horizon. Just towering conifers, waist-high ferns, dense cycads, and ancient horsetails stretching as far as the eye could see. That was Earth during much of the Mesozoic Era – and it was in this raw, primitive landscape that some of the most ...
Wildlife conservationists worldwide confront a mounting mental health crisis as they battle accelerating biodiversity loss and systemic workplace strains. Nearly One in Four Faces Severe Distress Nearly One in Four Faces Severe Distress (Image Credits: Imgs.mongabay.com) A 2023 study published in Conservation Biology surveyed over 2,000 professionals and revealed that 27.8% experienced moderate to severe ...
