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Fossil of a giant ant found in North America
The fossil of a gigantic ant, similar to ones that lived 50 million years ago in Europe, has been found for the first time in North America. Some scientists believe...
Fossil scars hint at fight by ancient sea beasts
A long-snouted reptile that plied the seas some 120 million years ago got into a scuffle that landed it with a gouged and scratched jaw — battle wounds that are...
U.N. Forces Introduced Cholera to Haiti, Panel Concludes
The evidence "overwhelmingly" suggests that cholera was inadvertently introduced to Haiti by U.N. peacekeepers,...
Evolution in reverse: insects recover lost 'wings'
The extravagant headgear of small bugs called treehoppers are in fact wing-like appendages that grew back 200 million years after evolution had supposedly cast them aside, according to a study...
Equisetum - Scouring Rush Is The Oldest Extant Genus Of Land Plant?
Over 100 million years ago, late Mesozoic forests were chock full of a diverse group of plants of the class Equisetopsida, though only one genus, Equisetum, commonly called scouring rush...
Red kites in slow motion
Breathtaking slow-motion footage (slowed down 100 times) of foraging red kites, following them as they dive to earth to fetch pieces of foodIn this video, Gav gives us a slow motion look...
Aerial surveys of Viking shipyard
Surveys of a part of Skye from the air could uncover more clues to a Viking shipbuilding site at one of the island's lochs.
US marks 50 years since second human spaceflight
Three weeks after the world marked 50 years since Russia's Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel in space, the United States is honoring the American who followed him,...
Japan islanders oppose proposed nuclear plant, year after year
For decades, residents of Iwaishima have taken an aggressive stand, turning their backs on negotiation. Graying residents, mostly in their 70s, have allied with young antinuclear activists.For centuries, Yoshiaki Hashibe's...
'Success' in island rat campaign
Conservationists say they are having success in removing rats from South Georgia island - the biggest rodent eradication campaign in history.
10 Billion Plus: Why World Population Projections Were Too Low
The United Nations yesterday revealed unsettling news about the world's population: Instead of leveling...
Race in America
EVANSTON, Ill. --- Four Northwestern University scholars authored or co-authored three essays in "Race, Inequality, and Culture." In the new issue of Daedalus, the Journal of the American Academy of...
FOR KIDS: Dangerous dinos in the dark
Eye fossils reveal predatory dinosaurs’ preference for hunting at night.
Video: Are floating cities in our future?
If Architect Kevin Schopfer has his way, Americans will be living on self-sustained floating cities in the future. Felipe Maya reports.
Nonstop in South racket: Cicadas look for love
One of the rarest, and perhaps most irritating, natural phenomena has begun across the South: the emergence of the Great Southern Brood.
Breaking Ground: Woman to Head American Society of Agronomy
Plant science professor Sharon Clay breaks ground literally every growing season when she begins a new set of studies of how weeds interfere with crop growth, reduce yield, and compete...
Japanese language traced to Korean Peninsula: study
Japan's many dialects originate in a migration of farmers from the Korean Peninsula some 2,200 years ago, a groundbreaking study borrowing the tools of evolutionary genetics reported Wednesday.
Neil Shubin Elected to National Academy of Sciences, Honored for Teaching
University of Chicago evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin has been elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and honored with a prestigious national teaching award.
Heidelberg Man links humans, Neanderthals
The last common ancestor of humans and Neanderthals was a tall, well-traveled species called Heidelberg Man, according to a new PLoS One study.
Finding on Dialects Casts New Light on the Origins of the Japanese People
New research suggests that the Japanese language is not descended from that of the hunter-gatherers who first inhabited the islands some 30,000 years ago.
The sea dragons bounce back
(PhysOrg.com) -- The evolution of ichthyosaurs, important marine predators of the age of dinosaurs, was hit hard by a mass extinction event 200 million years ago, according to a new...
Oldest Caspian Horse remains discovered in Iran
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Caspian Horse, also known as the "King's Horse" or the Mazandaran horse, is the oldest breed of horse still in existence. The newest discovery of remains...
Was the iconic, extinct creature that once roamed Australia a marsupial wolf or a Tasmanian tiger?
Was the iconic, extinct creature that once roamed Australia a marsupial wolf or a Tasmanian tiger? By examining bones, researchers have shown that the thylacine was an ambush-style predator that...
Giant ants spread in warm climes
The discovery of fossil ants as big as small birds shows they crossed between continents during warm periods in Earth history, scientists say.
Mystery bird: fulvous whistling duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
This is one of the most widespread of all waterfowl, naturally occurring on four continents Fulvous whistling duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (formerly; Anas bicolor), also known as the fulvous tree duck, the fulvous duck,...
Space Souvenir Auction to Mark Birth of U.S. Spaceflight
From spacesuits to tissue boxes that have been to the moon, a mixed bag of items for sale.
Gender bias uncovered in children's books with male characters, including male animals, leading the fictional pack
The most comprehensive study of 20th century children's books ever undertaken in the United States has found a bias towards tales that feature men and boys as lead characters. Surprisingly,...
'Earliest' guillemot eggs at site
Experts at a Borders nature reserve report the earliest guillemot eggs ever recorded at the site on the Berwickshire coast.