A complete Plesiopterys wildi fossil unearthed in southern Germany is offering new insight into the early diversification of ...

Researchers who have studied genetic evidence of iguanas suggest the ancient reptiles traveled nearly 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji on floating vegetation.

There are 45 different species of Iguanidae in the Caribbean and the tropical, subtropical and desert areas of North, Central, and South America, including the marine iguanas of the Galapágos and the ...

Viral genomes are differentiated from other replicons and genetic material, such as viroids or plasmids, through a unique three-part strategy for survival that is common to all viruses. First ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

The study, co-authored by Yale anthropologist Eric Sargis, demonstrates that the mature adult Mixodectes weighed about 3 pounds, dwelled in trees ... Two phylogenetic analyses performed to ...

Together with the oceans, they are one of the two most important carbon sinks, due to their capacity to store carbon in the soil and in tree biomass. As such, promoting fast-growing trees could ...

On Wednesday, March 26, artist Brian Engh visited the Virginia Tech Museum of Geosciences to give a lecture on paleoart.