Science News / Paleontology

• Subscribe •

In This Issue

Let’s Get Vertical: City buildings offer opportunities for farms to grow up instead of out
Dead — but not duds: White dwarfs shed light on physics and the fate of the cosmos
The Science Vote: Science News runs down what the two presidential candidates and their campaigns have been saying about science and technology issues.
This week's table of contents

:: Paleontology

RSS

When trees grew in Antarctica

Fossils of trees that grew in Antarctica millions of years ago suggest a growth pattern much different than modern trees.
Found in: Earth, Earth Science, Life and Paleontology
Forget bird-brained

Scientists have uncovered a new dinosaur that breathed like a bird.
Found in: Life and Paleontology
Dino domination was in the cards, maybe

A new study finds that early dinosaurs coexisted with and were outnumbered by a competing species. Dinosaurs eventually reigned supreme anyway, but perhaps not because they were better.
Found in: Earth, Earth Science, Life and Paleontology
Mammoth migrations

Ancient DNA shows North American woolly mammoths migrated back to Asia and displaced Siberian mammoths.
Found in: Earth, Life and Paleontology
A wandering eye

New look at fossils of primitive flatfish reveals how these fish evolved eyes on one side of their head
Found in: Earth, Life and Paleontology
Fossils, now available in color

Fossilized feathers of an early bird or dinosaur may retain evidence of pigment, offering a chance to animal colors of the Cretaceous.
Found in: Paleobiology and Paleontology
Fossil helps document shift from sea to land

New fossils of an ancient, four-limbed creature help fill in the blanks of the evolutionary transition between fish and the first land-adapted vertebrates.
Found in: Life and Paleontology
Ancient burrows

Triassic-era sediments unearthed in Antarctica reveal the well-preserved lair of a four-legged, mammal-like reptile.
Found in: Paleontology
See More In Paleontology

Sights and Sounds

Photography

Blogs:

Science & the Public By Janet Raloff Oct 3rd 2008

Columns:

Math Trek By Julie Rehmeyer
The U.S. News &World Report rankings of colleges and universities are largely arbitrary, according to a new mathematical analysis. Oct 3rd 2008

Comment By Guest Columnists
From the October 11, 2008 issue of Science News Sep 26th 2008

SN Bookshelf:

Book Review: Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines by Richard A. Muller
Review by Heather Benjamin
Buy now | More Books