Trio of 'super-Earths' discovered

Astronomers identify a trio of so-called "super-Earths" - rocky worlds slightly larger than our planet.

Novel evolutionary tools for studying human populations using the X chromosome

Research in the Department of Genetics at University of Leicester is well-known for its human population studies with the Y chromosome, including the relationship between the male surname and the...

Modern Argonauts set sail

Ebb and Flow of the Sea Drives World's Big Extinction Events

If you are curious about Earth's periodic mass extinction events such as the sudden demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, you might consider crashing asteroids and sky-darkening super...

Uncovering The Truth Behind The Largest Marsupial To Walk The Earth

Researchers is uncovering the truth behind the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth -- the 2.5 tonne wombat-like Diprotodon. Standing 1.8 meters tall and reaching up to 3.5 meters...

Leicestershire Burial Mounds Reveal Ancestral Insights

Researchers have recently completed work on the results of three closely related Bronze Age round barrows excavated at Cossington, Leicestershire. Their excavations revealed a variety of burial practices from Bronze...

Australian Dinosaur Found To Have South American Heritage

Australia's links to South America have just gotten a bit closer, but not due to economic forces, rather fossil forces. Palaeontologists working in Australia identified a fossil that had previously...

Rattlesnake bites cause super venom rumor

PHOENIX, June 14 (UPI) -- Talk of super-venomous U.S. rattlesnakes was prompted by a spike in the number of seriously ailing rattlesnake victims in Phoenix, officials say.

Theories and rumours abound as scientists ponder mystery of mass dolphin deaths

MoD denies sonar to blame but conservationists call for navy to suspend its use

International scientific team in Yukon for ice-age mammal clues

The Yukon has caught the attention of an international team of paleontologists, who are in the territory to unearth clues about why wooly mammoths and other mammals from the ice...

Ancient Mineral Shows Early Earth Climate Tough on Continents

A new analysis of ancient minerals called zircons suggests that a harsh climate may have scoured and possibly even destroyed the surface of the Earth's earliest continents.

New tree from old seeds doing well

JERUSALEM, June 13 (UPI) -- Researchers say a 4-foot-high date tree grown from a 2,000-year-old seed is doing well along the bone-dry cliffs of Masada, Israel.

Human Ancestors Shuffled Before Walking, Study Says

The ancient split between primates and humans may have roots in an early ancestor's simple, energy-saving shuffle.

VIDEO: "Unicorn" Roams Italy Park

A deer nicknamed "Unicorn" that has a single antler in the center of its head is drawing attention to a Tuscan nature reserve.

"Artistic" Spiders Trap Prey With Light, Study Finds

A type of Australian spider builds bizarre patterns into its webs to reflect certain wavelengths of light that lure prey to their deaths.

Lizards pull a wheelie

Why bother running on hind legs when the four you've been given work perfectly well? This is the question that puzzles Christofer Clemente. For birds and primates, there's a perfectly...

Dino bones discovered could be new species

A prospecting geologist stumbled upon a ragtag bunch of bones in the northern part of British Columbia, more than three decades ago. A new study suggests these fossils could represent...

'Elephant legs' woman set for operation in Taiwan

A desperate young Chinese woman with a rare condition which has caused her legs to deform and treble in size is dreaming of a normal life after upcoming surgery in...

Nanoparticles Aid Bone Growth

In the first study of its kind, bioengineers and bioscientists have shown they can grow denser bone tissue by sprinkling stick-like nanoparticles throughout the porous material used to pattern the...

Scientists: 115-year-old's brain worked perfectly

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- A Dutch woman who was the oldest person in the world when she died at age 115 in 2005 appeared sharp right up to the end,...

Maritime 'treasure trove' raised

A cannon and other key artefacts are raised from an Elizabethan ship wreck off the coast of the Channel Islands.

Endangered sea dragon pregnant

A weedy sea dragon at the Georgia Aquarium has something to celebrate this Father's Day. One of the rare creatures is pregnant for only the third time ever at a...

More disease outbreaks in Europe with climate change: experts

Europe could face an increase in outbreaks of diseases carried by insects and rodents as the climate on the continent becomes hotter and wetter, EU health experts said Friday.

Extinct Tree From Christ's Time Rises From the Dead

Scientists have grown an ancient Israeli tree from an excavated seed.

Namibia begins world's largest census of animals

(AP) -- The world's largest land-based census of wildlife began Wednesday across a huge swath of northwestern Namibia, World Wildlife Fund officials said.

Fossils Found In Tibet Revise History Of Elevation, Climate

About 15,000 feet up on Tibet's desolate Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau, an international research team was surprised to find thick layers of ancient lake sediment filled with plant, fish and animal fossils...

Montezuma’s palace unearthed in Mexico

Mexican archaeologists say they have unearthed the remains of an Aztec palace once inhabited by the emperor Montezuma in the heart of what is now downtown Mexico City.

Diamonds reveal deep source of platinum deposits

The world's richest source of platinum and related metals is an enigmatic geological structure in South Africa known as the Bushveld Complex. This complex of ancient magmas is known to...