A new study from the University of Chicago has uncovered the surprising origin of the flexible joints that allow us to move ...

The researchers also studied fossils of extinct fishes dating back almost 400 million years and saw evidence that some of the oldest jawed fishes had bones with joint cavities for articulated ...

A toxic, invasive pufferfish was caught in the northern Adriatic. Experts urge public awareness and policy changes.

Sightings of a poisonous pufferfish in a popular European country could spell trouble for its booming tourist trade.

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Fossilized fish found in Australia are so well preserved that paleontologists can see what the creatures ate for their last ...

A 62-million-year-old skeleton sheds light on an enigmatic mammal Date: March 11, 2025 Source: Yale University Summary: For more than 140 years, Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that ...

But a new study of the most complete skeleton of the species known to exist has answered many questions about the enigmatic critter — first described in 1883 by famed paleontologist Edward Drinker ...

Burial under the altar is reserved for only the most honored individuals. This is how the enigmatic skeleton was found, still wrapped in its eternal tools of torture, by a team of archaeologists ...

The skeleton had mostly human-like features, but it also had the body proportions, jawbone and pitted occipital bone at the back of the skull that were characteristic of Neanderthals. At the time ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Kimberley Bos, of The Netherlands, is embraced after her run during fourth run at the skeleton world ...