Global paleomagnetic plate reconstructions a. 270 Ma, b. 180 Ma, and inset the Present Tethyan Realm. Credit: ©Science China Press

What drives plate tectonics?

Hydraulic fracturing (Creative Commons photo)

Understanding the link between fracking and earthquakes

A fossilized trail of the animal Yilingia spiciformis, dating back 550 million years. The trail was found in China by a team of scientists including Shuhai Xiao of the Virginia Tech College of Science. Credit: Virginia Tech College of Science

Ancient animal species: Fossils dating back 550 million years among first...

The type specimen of Aenigmaspina pantyfynnonensis, photograph and 3D scan model, produced by Erin Patrick as part of her Masters thesis work in Bristol. This little block, the size of the palm of your hand, shows the backbone, curved round from top right to bottom left, and in the middle the ribs and shoulder blades. Scale bar is 1 cm. Credit: University of Bristol

A new reptile species from Wales named by Bristol student

Map of seismic sensors (green triangles) around the epicenter (red star) of one of the earthquakes near the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. Credit: 2019 Satoshi Ide

Earthquake study casts doubt on early warnings but hints at improved...

A, photograph of Armoricaphyton chateaupannense preserved in 2D as carbonaceous thin films. B, SEM image of a transverse section of an axis of a specimen of A. chateaupannense preserved in 3D showing the radially aligned tracheids. Credit: Canadian Light Source

Analyzing the world’s oldest woody plant fossil

In-depth fossil analysis could help us understand the true functions of colour. Credit: Aline Dassel/Pixabay, licensed under Pixabay licence

Fossil colour studies are changing our idea of how dinosaurs looked

This photograph shows rocks from the Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay, Canada, from which doctoral candidate Malcolm Hodgskiss collected barite samples dating 2.02 to 1.87 billion years old. Credit: Malcolm Hodgskiss

Ancient die-off greater than the dinosaur extinction

Lava fountains at Kilauea in Hawaii created a spatter cone, which was estimated to be 180 feet tall in this June 2018 photo. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey

The ‘universal break-up criterion’ of hot, flowing lava?

The scans revealed many microscopic food remains including foraminifera (small amoeboid protists with external shells), small shells of marine invertebrates and possible remains of polychaete worms. Credit: Qvarnström mfl.

Filter-feeding pterosaurs were the flamingos of the Late Jurassic

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