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Extraordinary fossils solve a 500-million-year mystery: Bryozoans were there at the dawn of animal life
Extraordinary fossils solve a 500-million-year mystery: Bryozoans were there at the dawn of animal life Stephanie Baum Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Bryozoans are tiny, filter-feeding colonial invertebrates that thrive in the world's oceans today, yet for decades their origins presented a puzzling gap in the fossil record. While nearly every other major animal group made its first appearance during the Cambrian explosion roughly 530 million years ago, the bryozoan fossil...
Ancient altercations between musk turtles and alligator gar recorded in Florida's fossil record
Ancient altercations between musk turtles and alligator gar recorded in Florida's fossil record Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Sometime between 5.5 and 5.6 million years ago, two shell crushers squared off in the languid currents of an ancient Florida river. The fossils they left behind, discovered by paleontologists at the Florida Museum of Natural History, reveal the identity of the combatants and the outcome of their encounter. In one corner, weighing in up to...
Fossil fishes buried in the desert reveal a missing chapter in marine history
Fossil fishes buried in the desert reveal a missing chapter in marine history Gaby Clark Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor When an asteroid struck Earth about 66 million years ago, it ended the age of dinosaurs and transformed life across the planet. The effects of that catastrophe are visible in the fossil record on land, but scientists know far less about what happened to fishes in the seas during the first few million years after the extinction. Like many people during the...
World's largest scorpion revealed by 415-million-year-old fossils
World's largest scorpion revealed by 415-million-year-old fossils Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Fossil fragments found in the U.K. have been identified as remains of the largest scorpions ever. Measuring more than a meter in length, Praearcturus gigas was among the first large predators to ever stalk the land. Hundreds of millions of years ago, England and Wales were home to the biggest scorpion in the world.
Colombia's presidential runoff could impact the future of the Amazon rainforest and fossil fuels
Colombia's presidential runoff could impact the future of the Amazon rainforest and fossil fuels Colombia’s presidential runoff between Iván Cepeda, an ally of President Gustavo Petro, and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, who has been endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump, could have major implications for the Amazon rainforest, fossil fuel development and Indigenous communities - Bookmark The upcoming Colombian presidential election between Sen. Iván Cepeda, an ally of President Gustavo...
A lack of sex held back life's diversity for millions of years, fossil study finds
A lack of sex held back life's diversity for millions of years, fossil study finds Sadie Harley Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor The way that Earth's first animals reproduced held back life's diversity for millions of years, until stress and competition led to the development of sexual reproduction, which in turn accelerated the pace of evolution. Researchers from the University of Cambridge studied fossils from the oldest-known animals on Earth, dating from 574 million years...
Why dirty farm plastic matters: Cleaner mulch film could cut landfill waste and fossil fuel use
Why dirty farm plastic matters: Cleaner mulch film could cut landfill waste and fossil fuel use Sadie Harley Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor Nearly a billion pounds of plastic film mulch is used in American agriculture each year, and most of it is dumped into landfills. New research from Washington State University shows that recycling could be a feasible alternative, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and keeping plastics out of the waste stream. The researchers recycled plastic...
Fossil fuel imports have dropped across the EU since war on Iran - except in these three countries
While the EU has responded to the latest fossil fuel crisis by limiting fossil fuel imports, a trio of states have “deepened their exposure by increasing them".
Complex animals evolved up to 10 million years earlier than previously thought, fossil discovery shows
An illustration of a possible ancient ecosystem based on a new fossil site in Canada's Northwest Territories, inspired by the fossils recently found there.
World’s largest banks pledged $906bn to fossil fuel companies in ‘unfathomable’ increase in 2025, report finds
JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers sayThe world’s largest banks committed $906bn in financing to the fossil fuel industry last year, an “unfathomable” increase in investment locking in years more of coal, oil and gas production as the world continues to overheat, a new report has found. The surge in new fossil fuel lending, up $64bn or nearly 8% on 2024, shows that the world’s largest 65 banks are making decisions...