Spectacular Triassic reptile had an early kind of feathers

Illustration of the Triassic reptile Mirasaura grauvogeli Rick Stikkelorum A reptile from the Middle Triassic had a spectacular crest made from feather-like structures, around 100 million years before the first feathered dinosaurs. Its remains comprise two fossils with the skeleton and crest and 80 fossils of just the crest, all found by a private collector…

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Australia’s coral reefs bleached by marine heatwave

Katy Watson Australia correspondent Reporting fromWestern Australia Watch: Can you un-bleach coral? BBC visits remote Australian reef to find out Australia boasts plenty of superlatives when it comes to its natural landmarks. The Great Barrier Reef, the world’s biggest coral reef system on the north-east coast, is rightly recognised as a Unesco World Heritage Site….

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