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New Duckbilled Dinosaur Species Discovered: Taleta taleta

An artist’s reconstruction of Taleta taleta. Image credit: Connor Ashbridge.
Jun 2, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of small lambeosaurine hadrosaurid dinosaur from two fossilized jaws found in Morocco. An artist’s reconstruction of Taleta taleta. Image credit: Connor Ashbridge. Taleta taleta lived in what is now Morocco during the Late Cretaceous epoch, approximately 66 million years ago. “The Cretaceous period saw the final stages of the breakup of the supercontinent Pangea and high eustatic sea levels,”...

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Cats love cat-appropriate songs. Image credit: © Natali Anderson.

Scientists Identify Genetic Variants Associated with Increased Purring in Cats

Jun 2, 2025 by News Staff

Cats (Felis catus) are companions familiar to people worldwide. Despite their popularity, few studies have investigated the genetic background of their...

This artistic impression depicts the stage at which WASP-121b accumulated most of its gas, as inferred from the latest results. Image credit: T. Müller, MPIA & HdA.

Webb Detects Silicon Monoxide in Atmosphere of Ultrahot Jupiter WASP-121b

Jun 2, 2025 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have detected water, carbon monoxide, and silicon monoxide in the dayside atmosphere of WASP-121b...

Visualization of a soft tissue of Edmontosaurus created by photography, 3D modeling, digital painting, and histology of bones from Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. Image credit: Henry Sharpe.

Paleontologists Discover Previously Unknown Connective Tissue Structure in Dinosaurs

Jun 2, 2025 by News Staff

Paleontologists have found evidence of a previously unrecognized soft tissue structure in the cheek region of many dinosaur species, which they’ve called...

This Hubble image shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 685. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). It is based on data obtained through six filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / J. Lee / F. Belfiore.

Hubble Space Telescope Sees Star-Forming Spiral Galaxy: NGC 685

Jun 2, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

NGC 685 is rich in star-forming nebulae, seen as glowing pink clouds in the new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This Hubble image shows...

An illustration of Cretaceous period birds with other dinosaurs from the same time period in the background. Image credit: Gabriel Ugueto.

73-Million-Year-Old Fossils Provide Oldest Evidence of Birds Nesting at Polar Latitudes

May 30, 2025 by News Staff

Polar ecosystems are structured and enriched by birds, which nest there seasonally and serve as keystone ecosystem members. Despite the ecological importance...

A composite of radio, X-ray, and infrared emission of the field of ASKAP J1832-0911. Image credit: Wang et al., doi: 10.1038/s41586-025-09077-w.

Radio Wave- and X-Ray-Emitting Star is Unlike Anything Astronomers Have Seen in Our Galaxy

May 30, 2025 by News Staff

ASKAP J1832-0911 — likely a magnetar or an extremely magnetized white dwarf — emits pulses of radio waves and X-rays for two minutes every...

Lauren Scott & Brittany Florkiewicz show that cat facial signals correspond to different social functions, which have likely been influenced by domestication. Image credit: Sci.News / Makieni777 / Rise-a-mui / Alexas_Fotos / Dorothe / Vaclav Zavada / Artem Makarov / Daga Roszkowska / Birgit / Pasi Mammela.

Domestic Cats Recognize Odor of Their Owner, Researchers Say

May 29, 2025 by News Staff

People all around the world live with cats and cats engage in many social behaviors toward their owners. Olfaction is one of the most important sensory...

Kim et al. hypothesize that the vast interindividual differences in shift work adaptation -- critical for shift worker health -- can in part be explained by biological mechanisms for seasonal timing. Image credit: Sasin Tipchai.

Humans are Seasonal Creatures, New Research Reveals

May 29, 2025 by News Staff

Daily biological functions such as sleep, heart rate and metabolism are timed by intracellular circadian clocks which exist within almost all cells throughout...

The recording device, the model Antirrhinum plant, and the approaching Rhodanthidium sticticum bee. Image credit: Vibrant Lab.

Buzzing Sounds of Pollinators Lead Plants to Increase Their Nectar Production, Study Says

May 29, 2025 by News Staff

Flower visitors, including pollinators, produce characteristic sounds through flapping wing movements during flight. These sounds may provide key information...

This Webb image shows the massive galaxy cluster Abell S1063. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / H. Atek & M. Zamani, ESA & Webb / R. Endsley.

Webb Focuses on Behemoth Galaxy Cluster: Abell S1063

May 27, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured a remarkable new image of the galaxy cluster Abell S1063. This Webb image shows...

Taxonomic identification of the 173 worked (a) and unworked (b) bone objects: (1) blank, Tito Bustillo, sperm whale; (2) projectile point with massive base, Isturitz, blue whale; (3) projectile point, Brassempouy, fin whale; (4) possible foreshaft, Las Caldas, sperm whale; (5) projectile point with massive base, Ermittia, gray whale; (6) unidentified object, Saint-Michel, sperm whale; (7-10) unworked fragments of fin whale bone, Santa Catalina. Image credit: McGrath et al., doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59486-8.

20,000-Year-Old Whale Bone Tools Found in Spain

May 27, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists have examined a large sample of worked bone objects from 26 Paleolithic cave and rockshelter sites in the Cantabrian region of Spain and...

Cutout images of all 19 detections of 2017 OF201. Image credit: Cheng et al., arXiv: 2505.15806.

Astronomers Discover Dwarf Planet Candidate on 25,000-Year Orbit

May 27, 2025 by News Staff

Named 2017 OF201, the newly-discovered trans-Neptunian object is one of the most distant visible objects in our Solar System and is likely large (about...

Aerial drone photograph showing the preserved stone section of the Gobi Wall traversing the hillside. Image credit: Golan et al., doi: 10.3390/land14051087.

Archaeologists Uncover New Evidence about Construction and Purpose of Gobi Wall

May 27, 2025 by News Staff

The Gobi Wall is a 321-km-long structure made of earth, stone, and wood, located in the Gobi highland desert of Mongolia. It is the least understood section...

This image is a snapshot from a 16-minute time-lapse movie showing the formation and collapse of a complexly shaped plasma stream traveling at almost 100 km per seconds in front of a coronal loop system. This is likely the first time such a stream, which the scientists refer to as plasmoid, has been observed, leaving them wondering about the physical explanation of the observed dynamics. This image was taken by the Goode Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory using the new coronal adaptive optics system Cona. The image shows the hydrogen-alpha light emitted by the solar plasma. The image is artificially colorized, yet based on the color of hydrogen-alpha light, and darker color is brighter light. Image credit: Schmidt et al. / NJIT / NSO / AURA / NSF.

Solar Astronomers Capture Most Detailed Images and Videos Yet of Sun’s Corona

May 27, 2025 by News Staff

To make these high-resolution images and movies, astronomers from NSF’s National Solar Observatory and New Jersey Institute of Technology developed a...

Qijianglong guokr chased by two carnivorous dinosaurs. Image credit: Lida Xing.

New Species of Jurassic Herbivorous Dinosaur Discovered in China

May 26, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of eusauropod dinosaur has been identified from a fossilized partial skeleton with a nearly complete skull found in the Chinese...

Otodus megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago. Image credit: Alex Boersma / PNAS.

Megatooth Sharks were Opportunistic Supercarnivores, New Research Reveals

May 26, 2025 by News Staff

In a study published today in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, paleontologists analyzed the ratio of two different zinc isotopes in the...

This image of an impact crater in the Sirenum Fossae region of Mars was taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 30, 2015. The crater is approximately 3,300 feet (1-km) wide and appears relatively recent as it has a sharp rim and well-preserved ejecta. The steep inner slopes are carved by gullies and include possible recurring slope lineae on the equator-facing slopes. Image credit: NASA / JPL / University of Arizona / Alfred McEwen.

Slope Streaks on Mars are Dry, New Study Suggests

May 26, 2025 by News Staff

Slope streaks are dark features on Martian slopes that form spontaneously and fade over years to decades. Some planetary scientists have interpreted those...

Yi Du et al. identified a light-responsive cell-intrinsic timer that controls time-of-day variations in antibacterial activity. Image credit: Summerstock.

Daylight Boosts Immune System’s Ability to Fight Infections: Study

May 26, 2025 by News Staff

In a new study, University of Auckland scientist Christopher Hall and his colleagues focused on neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that play a key...

This Hubble image shows NGC 3507, a barred spiral galaxy located 46 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / D. Thilker.

Hubble Spots Beautiful Spiral Galaxy: NGC 3507

May 26, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a striking new photo of the face-on barred spiral galaxy NGC 3507. This Hubble image...

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