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Scientists Describe New Predatory Whale Species, Janjucetus dullardi, From Australia

Preserved inner-ear anatomy in a juvenile skull enables fresh insights into early whale hearing.

Researchers Name New Oligocene Whale Janjucetus dullardi

Ledi-Geraru Teeth Reveal Unnamed Australopithecus Coexisting With Early Homo

Single-Gene Switch Rewires Fruit Fly Brains to Transfer Gift-Giving Courtship

Scientists Name Shark-Like Oligocene Whale Janjucetus dullardi

Ethiopian Fossil Teeth Reveal Early Homo and Unnamed Australopithecus Coexisted

Female Mountain Gorillas Use Long-Term Bonds to Navigate Group Transfers

Field Museum Unveils 309-Million-Year-Old Temnospondyl Fossil and Opens Mazon Creek Exhibit

Giant Theropods Developed Diverse Skull Biomechanics, Study Shows

Modern Humans Experienced Two Rounds of Selection on a Brain Enzyme

Scientists Formally Describe Australia’s Heaviest Insect, Acrophylla alta

Ancient Tomato Hybridization Gave Rise to Modern Potatoes

Leopard Seals Sing Structured Songs Like Nursery Rhymes

Behavioral Drive Preceded Dental Evolution in Early Hominins

Issa Valley Chimps Maintain Extensive Arboreal Foraging in Savannah Mosaic

Minimal Synthetic Cells Navigate Chemical Gradients Without Biological Machinery

Greenland Fossils Show Cambrian ‘Squid’ Were Ancestors of Arrow Worms

Carboniferous Specimen Confirmed as Earliest Nonmarine Lobopodian

Mirasaura Grauvogeli Shows Feather-Like Crest Evolved Separately in Triassic Reptiles

Study Identifies Four MER11 Subfamilies With Strong Stem Cell Enhancers and 75 New Primate LTR Families