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Lyrarapax unguispinus: Paleontologists Discover New Cambrian Marine Predator

This is an artist's impression of Lyrarapax unguispinus. Image credit: Nicholas Strausfeld / University of Arizona.
Jul 17, 2014 by News Staff

Paleontologists led by Dr Nicholas Strausfeld from the University of Arizona’s Center for Insect Science have discovered the fossilized remains of Lyrarapax unguispinus – one of the world’s first known predators that lived in what in now southwest China during the Cambrian period, about 520 million years ago. This is an artist’s impression of Lyrarapax unguispinus. Image credit: Nicholas Strausfeld / University of Arizona. Lyrarapax...

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Litarachna lopezae. Image credit: Pešić V et al.

New Species of Mite Discovered in Puerto Rico, Named after Jennifer Lopez

Jul 16, 2014 by News Staff

Scientists led by Dr Vladimir Pešić of the University of Montenegro have discovered a new species of pontarachnid mite in Bajo de Sico – a mesophotic...

Changyuraptor yangi: New Feathered Dinosaur Discovered in China

Jul 16, 2014 by News Staff

A team of paleontologists from China, the United States and South Africa has described a new species of a feathered dinosaur that lived in what is now...

A few of the hundreds of clay tokens unearthed at Ziyaret Tepe, Turkey. Image credit: Ziyaret Tepe Archaeological Project.

Archaeologists Find Neo-Assyrian Administrative Tokens at Ziyaret Tepe

Jul 15, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeological excavations in southeastern Turkey at Ziyaret Tepe – the site of the ancient city Tušhan, a provincial capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire...

This image shows a reconstruction of the gomphothere Cuvieronius sp. Image credit: Sergio de la Rosa.

Clovis People Hunted Gomphotheres 13,400 Years Ago, Archaeological Evidence Indicates

Jul 15, 2014 by News Staff

Evidence from the Fin del Mundo, an archaeological site in Sonora, northwestern Mexico, indicates that Clovis – the earliest widespread group of hunter-gatherers...

This image shows the nearby spiral galaxy Messier 101 and the seven newly discovered dwarf galaxies. Image credit: Allison Merritt et al.

Dragonfly Telephoto Array Discovers Seven Dwarf Galaxies around Messier 101

Jul 11, 2014 by News Staff

Astronomers using a new telescope called the Dragonfly Telephoto Array have discovered seven new dwarf galaxies the field of a nearby spiral galaxy known...

Contents of a commercial packet of dried porcini containing three species new to science. Image credit: Bryn Dentinger.

Three New Mushroom Species Found in Shop-Bought Packet

Jul 11, 2014 by News Staff

Mycologists at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, have identified three new species of mushrooms contained within a commercial packet of dried Chinese porcini...

Chimpanzee Intelligence Depends on Genes, Finds New Study

Jul 11, 2014 by News Staff

New research led by Prof William Hopkins of Georgia State University and Emory University has found that some cognitive abilities in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)...

Scansoriopteryx, a hatchling. Image credit: Matt Martyniuk / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scansoriopteryx Study Challenges Hypothesis that Birds Evolved from Dinosaurs

Jul 10, 2014 by News Staff

The re-examination of Scansoriopteryx – a sparrow-sized, pre-Archaeopteryx, bird-like creature that lived in what is today China during the Jurassic...

Polar bears. Image credit: Brocken Inaglory / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scientists Use Satellite Imagery to Track Polar Bears

Jul 10, 2014 by News Staff

High resolution satellite imagery is a very promising tool to track the distribution and abundance of polar bears, say Dr Seth Stapleton from U.S. Geological...

The oxygen-evolving complex (OEC) of photosystem II cycles through five states, where four electrons are sequentially extracted from the OEC in four light–driven, charge-separation events. The ellipses show snapshots of the metal cluster observed in the study. Image credit: Mary Zhu.

Researchers Image Photosynthesis in Action

Jul 10, 2014 by News Staff

Using the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s Linac Coherent Light Source – the world’s most powerful X-ray laser, a multinational...

Tandanus tropicanus. Image credit: TropWater, James Cook University.

New Catfish Species Discovered in Australia

Jul 10, 2014 by News Staff

A team of ichthyologists headed by Dr Stuart Welsh from West Virginia University has described a new species of eel-tailed catfish from the Tully River...

This artist's impression shows dust forming in the environment around a supernova explosion. Image credit: ESO / M. Kornmesser.

Astronomers Zero in on Stardust around Supernova SN 2010jl

Jul 9, 2014 by News Staff

Scientists led by Dr Christa Gall from Aarhus University, Denmark, have discovered that supernovas – the cosmic factories of gas and dust – produce...

There are three types of ultraviolet radiation: UV-A (315-400nm), UV-B (280-315 nm) and UV-C (200-280 nm). The increased exposure to UV-B radiation has specific effects on human health, crops, terrestrial ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems, and biogeochemical cycles.

Record Level of Solar UV-B Radiation Measured in Bolivian Andes

Jul 9, 2014 by News Staff

A multinational team of researchers led by Dr Nathalie Cabrol of NASA Ames Research Center and the SETI Institute has recorded an unprecedented level of...

This image shows 3D reconstruction of Palaeocharinus sp., an arachnid that lived about 410 million years ago. Image credit: Jason Dunlop.

Paleontologists Recreate Walking Gait of 410-Million-Year-Old Spider

Jul 9, 2014 by News Staff

Scientists from Germany and the United Kingdom have used exceptionally preserved fossils of Palaeocharinus – a prehistoric spider that lived during...

Voyager 1. Image credit: NASA.

Sun’s Coronal Mass Ejection Wave Reaches Voyager 1

Jul 9, 2014 by News Staff

Voyager 1 spacecraft has been hit by a ‘shock wave’ from the Sun as it travels through interstellar space, according to NASA scientists. Voyager 1....

Reconstruction of the early Eocene fauna that inhabited the rainforest around a northern British Colombia lake: Heptodon sp. drinks in the shallows, while the small hedgehog Silvacola acares stalks the green lacewing Pseudochrysopa harveyi in the foreground. Image credit: Julius Csotonyi.

Prehistoric Hedgehog, Tapir Species Discovered in Canada

Jul 9, 2014 by News Staff

Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains of two previously unknown mammals that lived in what is now British Columbia in Canada during the early...

This image shows the nearby Seyfert galaxy IC 5063. Image credit: Sky-map.org.

Supermassive Black Hole in Seyfert Galaxy IC 5063 Surprises Astronomers

Jul 8, 2014 by News Staff

A group of astronomers headed by Prof Clive Tadhunter from the the University of Sheffield has discovered that the central supermassive black hole of the...

Life reconstruction of Proceratosaurus. Image credit: Nobumichi Tamura.

Dinosaurs of British Isles: New Dino-Book

Jul 8, 2014 by News Staff

“Jurassic Britain was a ‘dinosaur paradise’ with more than 100 different species described in the scientific literature to date,” sys to Dean Lomax,...

Priocharax nanus. Image credit: Ralf Britz.

New Species of Miniature Fish Discovered in Rio Negro

Jul 8, 2014 by News Staff

An international team of ichthyologists led by Dr Ralf Britz of Natural History Museum in London, UK, has described a new fish species from the Rio Negro in...

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