nature Magazine – August 17, 2023 issue: The cover shows an artist’s impression of Venetoraptor gassenae, a species of ancient reptile that lived some 230 million years ago. Dinosaurs and pterosaurs dominated land and air, respectively, around 70 million to 200 million years ago, but their evolutionary precursors are not that well known. 

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Can oyster farming help save the planet?

Ecologist Elena Tamburini hopes to show that shellfish farming efficiently absorbs carbon.