The zircon crystals we found in river sand and rocks from Finland have signatures that point towards them being much older than anything ever found in Scandinavia, while matching the age of Greenlandic rock samples. Photo: Andreas Petersson.

New geological study: Scandinavia was born in Greenland

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Mars attracts: How Earth’s interactions with the red planet drive deep-sea...

A reconstruction of a gigantic ichthyosaur - floating dead on the surface of the ocean. Remains of ichthyosaurs have been found in ocean sediment in various places around Europe. Credit: Marcello Perillo/University of Bonn

Do some mysterious bones belong to gigantic ichthyosaurs?

Art by James Havens Nanuqsaurus, standing in the background, and pachyrhinosaurus, skull in the foreground, were among the dinosaur species included in a new study led by scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of Reading that calls into question Bergmann’s rule.

Dinosaur study challenges Bergmann’s rule

Herrerasaurus ischigualastensis is an early saurischian dinosaur. It shared a bipedal, running anatomy common to large carnivorous dinosaurs that would evolve in the future, but this dinosaur lived at a time when dinosaurs were small-bodied and rare. Credit: Kristina Curry Rogers (illustration by Jordan Harris, CC-BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Early dinosaurs grew up fast, but they weren’t the only ones

Reconstruction of fossil fish. Credit: Richard Dearden

3D mouth of an ancient jawless fish suggests they were filter-feeders,...

New reconstruction of the skeleton of the 375-million-year-old fossil fish, Tiktaalik roseae. In a new study, researchers used Micro-CT to reveal vertebrae and ribs of the fish that were previously hidden beneath rock. The new reconstruction shows that the fish’s ribs likely attached to its pelvis, an innovation thought to be crucial to supporting the body and for the eventual evolution of walking. Credit: Thomas Stewart, Penn State

In the evolution of walking, the hip bone connected to the...

Researchers used unmanned aerial vehicle images superimposed on centimeter-resolution topography to study the surface rupture of the 2021 magnitude 7.4 Maduo earthquake in China. This image shows the fault scarp, tensional cracks on the hanging wall, and the left-laterally offset channel. Credit: Yanxiu Shao

Fault maturity or orientation: Which matters more for quakes?

A theropod track lies in rock near the west bank of the Kukpowruk River. Photo courtesy of Anthony Fiorillo

Alaska dinosaur tracks reveal a lush, wet environment

The most common tooth type, of the famous Spinosaurus, with characteristic sail on its back. Images all from article discussed.

Higher carnivorous dinosaur biodiversity of famous Kem Kem beds, Morocco

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