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This 125-million-year-old “pregnant” bivalve is the oldest known fossil evidence of maternal care in shellfish
When we think of great mothers of the animal kingdom, a few famous faces pop to mind. The incredible elephant matriarchs that ...
An international team of scientists led by Dr. Graciela Delvene of the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain (CSIC) has ...
An international team of scientists has unearthed on the Isle of Wight, in the United Kingdom, the oldest known fossil ...
An extraordinary Isle of Wight fossil has revealed the oldest known evidence of shellfish caring for their young – more than 125 million years ago during the age of dinosaurs.
An X-ray reconstruction of a 32-million-year-old fossil kelp holdfast colored to show the base (orange), holdfast (yellow) and the bivalve shell to which it attached (blue). The unique underwater kelp ...
Isotope analysis of bivalve shells has become a cornerstone in reconstructing past environmental conditions at seasonal to millennial scales. The composition of stable oxygen and carbon isotopes ...
About 66 million years ago – perhaps on a downright unlucky day in May – an asteroid smashed into our planet. The fallout was immediate and severe. Evidence shows that about 70% of species went ...
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