Background The evolution of avian flight is characterised by a gradual accumulation of various morphologies through time—yet an explicit temporal trend in wing length remains elusive. This is despite ...

Chemical tests on Aratasaurus bone identify presence of heme, the organic compound that allows haemoglobin in blood to carry oxygen around body It could be the opening of a Jurassic Park rip-off:...

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of megaraptorid dinosaur from an incomplete skeleton unearthed in northern Patagonia, Argentina. The post New Species of Predatory Dinosaur...

Abstract. Islands serve as natural laboratories for exploring evolutionary processes, often fostering unique species through isolation and distinct ecologi

Madagascan flying foxes aren’t as mighty as they were 150 years ago. The big bats have shrunk, possibly due to selective hunting or other human impacts.

Richard Dawkins’ first work has thrilled fans and frustrated critics for five decades. The science has moved on, but any writer looking to supplant its place must learn its lessons Richard Dawkins’...

Don’t let the name fool you: Infernogallus jamesi, aka the “hell chicken,” wasn’t some kind of ancient apex poultry. After extensively reviewing some of the most complete fossilized remains ever...

Concornis lacustris, a small enantiornithine bird that lived alongside dinosaurs more than 100 million years ago, has received a life-size makeover, thanks to a reconstruction that combines fossil...

Millions of years after animals first conquered land, some took an extraordinary evolutionary U-turn and returned to the water. Using machine learning and thousands of fossil measurements, Yale...

The enigmatic and now-extinct Denisovans of China shared traits with Neanderthals, modern humans and Homo erectus, according to a new study that looked at ancient proteins and fossils. But the...

Despite decades of environmental change and population recovery, eastern Australian humpback whales appear to have maintained their historical adult size. Eastern Australian humpback whales grow at...

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A viral infection from millions of years ago may have influenced chimp brain evolution through DNA leftovers in the genome.

Ever wonder if the terrifying "engineered plague" scenarios in movies are actually possible? Or are we just being fed a diet of high-tech fear-mongering? 🧬 In this episode, we strip away the Hollywood hype to look at the sobering biological reality of bioweapons. We’re reacting to the recent Danny Jones Clips interview with expert Wendy Orent, and the conclusion might surprise you: Nature is a better bioterrorist than any government lab. We break down: - Why lab-engineered pathogens almost always lose the evolutionary race against wild types. - The truth about biosecurity risks and why we should be worried about nature, not science fiction. - A deep dive into the Biological Weapons Convention and why state-sponsored "mad science" is more failure than function. Stop losing sleep over unproven chimeras and start looking at the real science of our world. We’re cutting through the noise to bring you the cold, hard facts on biological warfare myths versus scientific reality. 🎧 Listen until the end to find out why complex genetic enhancements are often just a pipe dream and what the actual threat level is for 2026. ✨ Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share this with someone who thinks the next pandemic is being cooked up in a secret basement!  

A single bone from southern Brazil indicates that herrerasaurids, among the first large meat-eating dinosaurs, persisted after the fauna around them changed. The post Early Predatory Dinosaurs...

About 251 million years ago, volcanic eruptions wiped out most life on Earth. For about a million years, the Siberian Traps in Russia spewed huge clouds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, leading...

When a new disease emerges, things can get a little weird. We start to clean groceries with antibacterial wipes, the sound of a sneeze can trigger our fight-or-flight response, and we generally...