Evolution

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450‑Million‑Year‑Old Crinoid Shows Rare Soft Tissue Preservation

Revealing feeding anatomy in Ordovician crinoids, the fossil also shows curated museum collections can produce major new science.

Some Giraffes Can Do Simple Mental Addition, Study Finds

Study Finds Tight Birth-Canal Fit Is Common Across Many Primate Species

Fossils Reveal Animal‑Dispersed Fruits Existed Before the End‑Cretaceous Extinction

Protein Analysis Shows All Sampled Homo Naledi Remains Are Female

Amazon Spider Disguises Itself as Spider-Killing Fungus

Pollen‑Eating Heliconius Butterflies Evolved Dramatically Slower Ageing

Pterosaur Wing Yields Steroid Biomarkers and Shows Microbe-Driven Mineral Sealing

Pollen-Eating Heliconius Butterflies Live Months Longer Than Close Relatives

Venus Flytrap Closes by Rapidly Softening Its Outer Cell Walls

Vast Deep‑Sea Necropolis of Whale Bones Mapped Along 750‑Mile Trench

Museum Reassessment Identifies Praearcturus gigas as a One‑Metre Scorpion

New Small Dromaeosaur Jian changmaensis Identified From Cretaceous Fossils in China

Bumblebees Use a Movable Ball to Reach Out‑of‑Reach Reward, Study Finds

Researchers Confirm Metre‑Long Fossil as World's Largest Scorpion

UNAM Names 4‑Million‑Year‑Old Ajolote Fossil Ambystoma quetzalcoatli

Metre-Long Scorpion Praearcturus Gigas Confirmed From Devonian Fossils

Egypt Fossil Site Shows Modern Ocean Fishes Emerged Quickly After Dinosaur Extinction

New Ciliate Can Become a Cannibalistic 'Supergiant' Predator

520-Million-Year-Old Fossils Confirm Bryozoans in the Early Cambrian