Paleontologists discover 308 million-year-old fossil of a new species of tiny dinosaur-like creature known as a microsaur that used its head to smack into the ground and burrow Experts found a 308 million-year-old fossil of a new species of microsaur Joermungandr bolti likely used its head to burrow underground Ridges were found on the fossil, … Read more
A rare tropical owl has been spotted for the first time since it was discovered nearly 125 years ago. The orange-eyed Bornean subspecies of Rajah scops owl was photographed in the forests of Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia. Based on its unique patterns and habitat, researchers believe it is actually a new species in need of … Read more
Not just hyenas! At least 65 animal species can LAUGH just like humans – including cows, dogs, foxes, seals and mongooses, study finds Researchers from the US combed through existing studies of animal behaviour They looked for records of vocal play signals that might be analogous to laughter Such sounds might be needed to signify that … Read more
Efforts to map the genome of giraffes has confirmed that there are four distinct species, and they are as different to one another as brown bears and polar bears. Visually, they are hardly distinguishable, according to LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics scientists, who carried out the genetic analyses. Despite looking the same, genetically there are four … Read more
Efforts to map the genome of giraffes has confirmed that there are four distinct species, and they are as different to one another as brown bears and polar bears. Visually, they are hardly distinguishable, according to LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics scientists, who carried out the genetic analyses. Despite looking the same, genetically there are four … Read more
Did duckbilled dinosaurs migrate from Asia to North America? New species found in Japan dating back 72million years REVERSES the route by which the creatures spread around the world A new species of hadrosaur has been discovered on the Japanese island of Awaji It is called Yamatosaurus izanagii and is the second hadrosaur found in Japan It … Read more
Scientists have found a new species of spider in Miami that looks like a ‘small shiny black tarantula’ and has venom that induces painful stings just like a bee. The Pine Rockland trapdoor spider (Ummidia richmond) was first found by a zookeeper in the grounds of Zoo Miami in Florida. With legs extended, the male … Read more
Meet T. djokovici! New species of SNAIL is named after tennis ace Novak Djokovic ‘to acknowledge his inspiring enthusiasm and energy’ Researchers found the new species in a spring in the Montenegrin Dinaric Alps T. djokovici has a 1.8-mm-tall white spiral shell in the shape of an elongated cone It is adapted to live in … Read more
US technology company Neuralink could create ‘novel exotic species’ of dinosaurs in just 15 years, according to Max Hodak, one of its co-founders. Hodak is an American entrepreneur and technologist who co-founded the contentious neurotechnology firm with Elon Musk. The firm, known for putting a computer chip in the brain of a pig, could ‘probably build … Read more
Scientists have discovered two new species of burrowing animals that lived in northeastern China 120 million years ago. Skeletal remains of the species, called Fossiomanus sinensis and Jueconodon chenispiky, reveal they had claws designed for ‘scratch digging’ – a technique to create tunnels using the claws of the forelimbs. Experts at the American Museum of Natural … Read more