Paleontology

Science News is an award-winning weekly newsmagazine covering the most important research in all fields of science. Its 16 pages each week are packed with short, accurate articles that appeal to both general readers and scientists. Published since 1922, the magazine now reaches about 150,000 subscribers and more than 1 million readers. These are the latest Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews from Science News covering the topic...

Life explodes twice - January 22, 2008

The Ediacaran fauna were as varied as all animals in existence today and, more impressively, as in the Cambrian, report paleontologists.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/9324/title/Life_explodes_twice

The warm jungles of ancient France - January 8, 2008

Chemical analyses of amber excavated near Paris suggest that France was covered with a dense tropical forest about 55 million years ago.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/9278/title/The_warm_jungles_of_ancient_France

Whales started small - January 1, 2008

The ancestors of whales, some of which are the largest creatures ever to evolve, probably were mammals no larger than a fox.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/9266/title/Whales_started_small