A recent reanalysis of a 108-million-year-old bone challenged the consensus that echidnas and platypuses descended from a single land-bound ancestor. The aquatic life was believed to have attracted a ...

A controversial idea suggests the ancestors of echidnas were more like the platypus. For the first time, fossil evidence ...

Analysis of single bone may tell us if the platypus is an evolutionary anomaly - starting on land, then returning to water.

A small bone found 30 years ago at Dinosaur Cove in southeastern Australia could turn what we know about the evolution of echidnas and platypuses on its head.

Former Florida defensive tackle Desmond Watson, a 6-foot-6, 464-pound prospect, is signing with his hometown Tampa Bay ...

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Illuminated by a strong light positioned nearly parallel to the surface of the bone, the V-shaped lines were clearly there on the fossil. There was no mistaking what they meant. She’d seen them ...

Mark Tele’a has proven as elusive off the field as he is on it. From Damian McKenzie to Asafo Aumua and Jordie Barrett, New Zealand Rugby’s (NZR) contracting team has savoured many notable ...

optimize bone tissue structure, and reverse declining bone density by regulating serum biochemical indicators. These findings demonstrate the significant role of TCM in regulating bone metabolism, ...

Our approach involves coating cell culture plastic (CCP) using 10× simulated body fluid (SBF) and collagen to create a bone-like microenvironment ... sites in the apatitic calcium phosphate crystal ...

Experts said that vitamin D was essential for bone health, and its deficiency was linked to severe skeletal disorders such as rickets in children and osteomalacia (a metabolic bone disorder ...