Moles seem innocuous (and cute, but that’s beside the point), but their body plan keeps popping up in the fossil record for some reason. It appears effective enough at surviving, so what’s so good about it?
Related Posts
A rhino died after a volcano erupted. Something remarkable was left behind.
A rhino-shaped cavity in pillow basalt near Blue Lake formed when lava cooled around a rhino carcass 15…
Exquisite new fossils from South Africa offer a glimpse into a thriving ecosystem 266 million years ago
A fossilised insect wing with some of its colouration preserved is just one tiny treasure emerging from the…
Study Reveals How Diarrhea-Causing E. coli Toxin Attacks Gut Cells
At a Glance Researchers at La Trobe University have uncovered how a dangerous bacterium, Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC),…
A key feature contributed to sauropods getting so enormous, new dino foot study reveals
Herschel Hoffmeyer/Shutterstock Steven W. Salisbury, The University of Queensland; Andréas Jannel, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, and Olga Panagiotopoulou,…