“The internal structures of Maba 1 show a combination of morphological features found in various species,” scientists stated in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology. That one sentence, ...

Corinthia Black studies the anatomical features of fishes and spiders to understand how life on Earth takes shape Benjamin Hack A micro-CT scan of a minnow head uses colors to differentiate the ...

Although she had all the permits and the paperwork, researcher Jamie Knaub still felt nervous as her durable yellow suitcase ventured into the TSA scanner. Knaub was the guardian of over 260 bones ...

Behind the curated exhibits at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History lie rows and rows of preserved specimens. “We have thousands and thousands of specimens,” Cameron Pittman, a ...

Micro-CT scan of sea star Micro-CT scan of sea star showing the skeleton (grey), digestive system (yellow), nervous system (blue), muscles (red) and water vascular system (purple). Credit: University ...

Micro-CT scan of sea star showing the skeleton (grey), digestive system (yellow), nervous system (blue), muscles (red) and water vascular system (purple). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

Fossils are invaluable archives of the past. They preserve details about living things from a few thousand to hundreds of millions of years ago. Studying fossils can help us understand the evolution ...