Fossilized teeth offer clues about the favorite meals of dinosaurs about 150 million years ago

Dinosaurs may not have dental records, but their fossilized teeth offer fascinating clues in their dietary habits. Inspecting chemical signatures stored in enamel, scientists writing in Paleography, paleoclimatology, paleoecology They discovered that different herbivorous species had different preferences and were partial to different parts of the plant, a fact that allowed vast ecosystems and various…

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The arterial system in humans

Image source: “Human hour and circulatory system”. By Bryan Brandenburg. License: CC by-SA 3.0 He blood vessels that transport oxygenated blood away from the heart and supply blood to various parts of the body constitute the arterial system. The main blood vessels that arise from the left ventricle are called systemic aorta. This aorta is…

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When deer attack

Dangerous animals (truly) in a suburban patio. Credit: Laura Helmuth I witnessed a minor drama in real life the other day while I was bicycling through western Maryland Rail Trail. Several deer were feeding next to the path when I passed them, then I heard a blow and a scream (deer) and another (human). An…

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[Paleontology • 2025] Direct evidence of trophic interaction between a crocodiliform and a large terrorist bird in the middle Miocene of the sale, Colombia

A crocodile caimanino (Purussaurus neivensis) Take advantage/sneak in a large forushcid bird. in Link, Moreno-Bernal, Degrange, Cooke, … in Salas-Gismondi, 2025. Illustrations by Julian Bayona Becerra. Abstract Direct evidence of predation and other trophic relationships provide valuable information about trophic interactions between species in paleo-communities. Data on ecological interactions among existing Apex predators open a…

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