Fig. 1. Cretapsara athanata Luque gen. et sp. nov., a modern-looking eubrachyuran crab in Burmese amber. (A to D) Holotype LYAM-9. (A) Whole amber sample with crab inclusion in ventral view. (B) Close-up of ventral carapace. (C) Whole amber sample with crab inclusion in dorsal view. (D) Close-up of dorsal carapace. White arrows in (B) and (D) indicate the detached left fifth leg or pereopod. Photos by L.X. Figure by J.L.

First dinosaur era crab fully preserved in amber discovered

Image: Artists impression of newly identified species Credit: Anthony Hutchings

Two new species of large predatory dinosaur discovered on Isle of...

Life reconstruction of herbivorous dinosaurs based on 220-million-year-old fossil footprints from Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. (Image credit: Anthony Romilio)

‘Raptor-like’ dinosaur discovered in Australian mine, actually uncovered as a timid...

Artist’s impression of Spinosaurus. Credit: Davide Bonadonna

Early dinosaurs may have lived in social herds as early as...

A trilobite fossil, Redlichia rex found at Emu Bay, Kangaroo Island – a marine creature that lived over 500 million years ago during the Cambrian period. Credit: Macquarie University

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Eograminis balticus

Grass found in Baltic amber

During the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in June 1991, large quantities of ash particles were ejected into the stratosphere. The eruption’s impact on the climate lasted for years. (Bild: Dave Harlow, USGS)

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Locations of earthquakes (red) and corresponding seismic stations (yellow pins). Credit: Butler and Tsuboi (2021).

Earth’s ‘solid’ inner core may contain both mushy and hard iron

Ecological changes following intense volcanic activity 230 million years ago paved the way for dinosaur dominance

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CT scan of a cat-eyed snake (Leptodeira septentrionalis) reveals a frog (blue skeleton) in its digestive tract. Snake specimen from U-M's Museum of Zoology. Image credit: Ramon Nagesan, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

Mammals on the menu: Snake dietary diversity exploded after mass extinction...

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