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09-29-2023
DNA remnants found in six million-year-old sea turtle
Scientists have recently uncovered remnants of DNA within the fossilized remains of a sea turtle, closely related to contemporary Kemp’s ridley and olive ridley turtles, dating back six million years.  This finding marks one of the infrequent instances where genetic material has been identified in ancient vertebrate fossils. The study is published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Bone cells  The fossil, discovered along the Caribbean coast of Panama in 2015, presented notably well-preserved bone cells, known as osteocytes.  Though the fossil is incomplete, featuring a relatively...
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04-13-2019
Range of tick and mosquito-borne disease is spreading rapidly
The range of mosquito and tick-borne (vector-borne) diseases like chikungunya,...
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04-13-2019
Neanderthals and woolly mammoths shared much of the same DNA
A new study from Tel Aviv University has revealed that...
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04-12-2019
Pesticide said to be safer for bees still has a harmful impact
Neonicotinoids are a class of pesticides that were once extremely...
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04-12-2019
Birds in springtime: How to catch birds migrating and raising their young
Recently, my fiancé Erin and I spent a morning near...
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04-12-2019
Coral reef microbes have distinct day and night rhythms
The microorganisms that help keep coral reef ecosystems healthy and...
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04-12-2019
430 million-year-old sea species had 45 tentacle tube feet
A fossil belonging to an extinct species of ancient marine...
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04-11-2019
Perfectly preserved tracks contain traces of dinosaur skin
Paleontologists have found an extremely rare set of dinosaur footprints...
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04-11-2019
How humans hunted, farmed and warmed their way to the 6th mass extinction
The so-called sixth mass extinction may have first caught flame...
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04-10-2019
Newly discovered wasp species named after Oreos, Dr Who characters
Ten new parasitic wasp species from Australia have been described...
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04-10-2019
Scientists are attempting to clone a 42,000-year-old horse
Researchers from Russia and South Korea are in the process...
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04-09-2019
Dog owners are happier than cat owners, survey shows
Cat owners and dog owners will often fight like, well… cats...
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04-09-2019
Butterflies make a big comeback across the pond
The annual UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS) has revealed that...
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