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08-30 / 2025Research Highlight - Jurassic ‘Cactus Dinosaur’ Redraws Ankylosaur EvolutionA spectacular new fossil discovery in Morocco has unveiled the world’s oldest known ankylosaur, Spicomellus afer, a heavily armoured dinosaur bristling with extraordinary spikes. The find, publ... -
07-28 / 2025Research Highlight – Ancient Reptile Discovery Illuminates Enigmatic Skin FeaturesNature has published a groundbreaking study detailing the discovery of Mirasaura grauvogeli, a 247-million-year-old reptile whose fossilized remains reveal bizarre, fern-like skin appendages unlike... -
07-18 / 2025Research Highlight - Ichthyosaur Flipper Fossil Reveals Ancient Stealth TechnologyA team of paleontologists has uncovered evidence that a massive Jurassic marine reptile, Temnodontosaurus, evolved a form of “stealth mode” to silently hunt prey in dimly lit seas 183 million yea... -
07-10 / 2025Research Highlight - Ancient Proteins Push Boundaries of Evolutionary Research into Deep TimeTwo groundbreaking studies published this week in Nature showcase the power of palaeoproteomics—recovering and analyzing ancient proteins—to unlock evolutionary secrets once thought forever lost ... -
07-10 / 2025Research Highlight - Ancient Dinosaur Wrist Bones Reveal Evolutionary Leap Toward Avian FlightA newly published study in Nature reveals that a crucial transformation in wrist anatomy took place among theropod dinosaurs before the emergence of birds, reshaping our understanding of how flight... -
05-30 / 2025Research Highlight - Fossil Scans Reveal Teeth Evolved from Ancient Sensory StructuresA new study has rewritten the story of how teeth first evolved, showing they likely originated not just for biting but as part of an ancient sensory system. Using advanced synchrotron X-ray imagin...