Modern North American porcupines are at least twice the size of their southern cousins and have stronger jaws. But how long have they looked that way?
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Today, Earth’s biodiversity is highest at the equator – but it hasn’t always been this way.
66 million years ago, birds survived the calamity that wiped out all prehistoric dinosaurs. But could birds once again evolve into their long lost ancestors?
You can gauge a dinosaur’s body mass either by reconstructing it as accurately as possible, or by scaling its leg bones against those of today’s animals. Research shows both methods work well together.
These megafauna were the largest land animals to live in Australia since the time of the dinosaurs.
A ‘game-changing’ fossil pterosaur suggests these species could easily fly between continents, helping to explain why similar specimens have been found all over the world.
Megalodons are the latest Hollywood monster to leap out of the fossil record, but what else is lurking in prehistoric seas?
New research uses pathology in dinosaur bones to look at predator-prey interactions in the fossil record.
New research reveals that New Zealand once had its own species of black swan, the Poūwa.
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Honorary Research Fellow in Palaeobiology, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor of Osteoarchaeology, Uppsala University
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Associate Professor in Ancient DNA, University of Otago
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