Australia’s First Peoples may or may not have hunted the continent’s megafauna to extinction, but they definitely collected ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, Australia was still home to enigmatic megafauna—large land animals such as giant marsupial ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, Australia was still home to enigmatic megafauna - large land animals such as giant marsupial wombats, flightless ...

Helen Ryan works for the WA Musem. Julien Louys receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Kenny Travouillon works for the Western Australian Museum. Blake Dickson and Mike Archer do not ...

Palaeontologists say there is no hard evidence in the fossil record that extinct Australian megafauna were butchered by First Nations people.

Animal bones are full of collagen, calcium, and minerals—and are even more nutritious than meat. We asked food scientists how to make them part of your diet. There’s more value in bones than collagen ...

The human skeleton — our internal framework that includes bones and cartilage — evolved over millions of years. It comprises an axial skeleton, which consists of the skull and the spine, as well as an ...

Microplastics are showing up everywhere in the human body, but what does this actually mean for our health? For starters: potentially crumbling our poor skeletons. New research suggests that the ...

Bones Hyland knew he wanted to land back in Minnesota. After joining the Timberwolves on a two-way deal in the middle of the 2024-25 campaign, Hyland was a free agent over the summer. But after ...

The From Labs to Lives Blog provides clear, accessible explainers on everyday topics for which UC Davis has expertise. Each post is reviewed by faculty or subject-matter experts, ensuring readers get ...

The From Labs to Lives Blog provides clear, accessible explainers on everyday topics for which UC Davis has expertise. Each post is reviewed by faculty or subject-matter experts, ensuring readers get ...

The review of more than 60 scientific articles showed that microplastics, among other effects, can stimulate the formation of osteoclasts, cells specialized in degrading bone tissue. Microplastics ...