Paleo in the News

First 'warm-blooded' dinosaurs may have emerged 180 million years ago

Science Daily - Paleontology - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 11:26am
The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved among some dinosaurs early in the Jurassic period about 180 million years ago. The new study looked at the spread of dinosaurs across different climates on Earth throughout the Mesozoic Era (the dinosaur era lasting from 230 to 66 million years ago), drawing on 1,000 fossils, climate models and the geography of the period, and dinosaurs' evolutionary trees.
Categories: Fossils

First 'warm-blooded' dinosaurs may have emerged 180 million years ago

Science Daily - Dinosaurs - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 11:26am
The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved among some dinosaurs early in the Jurassic period about 180 million years ago. The new study looked at the spread of dinosaurs across different climates on Earth throughout the Mesozoic Era (the dinosaur era lasting from 230 to 66 million years ago), drawing on 1,000 fossils, climate models and the geography of the period, and dinosaurs' evolutionary trees.
Categories: Fossils

Experience the world from a bee's perspective

New Scientist - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 5:00am
A multi-sensory exhibition by artist Wolfgang Buttress allows us to experience the world as a bee and imagine the devastation of our planet without them
Categories: Fossils

Pigs seem less stressed if their barn is scented with lavender

New Scientist - Mon, 05/13/2024 - 5:00am
If a lavender scent is sprayed into pig pens three times a day, the animals show less aggressive behaviour and appear more relaxed
Categories: Fossils

Kew Gardens exhibition confronts our disjointed connection with nature

New Scientist - Sat, 05/11/2024 - 5:00am
Contemporary artist Marc Quinn's new exhibition 'Light into Life' opens at Kew Gardens
Categories: Fossils

Monkeys can learn to tap to the beat of the Backstreet Boys

New Scientist - Fri, 05/10/2024 - 4:00am
With a bit of training, macaques can make rhythmic movements in time with music, an ability only shown before by a handful of animals
Categories: Fossils
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