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Today's mystery bird for you to identify
This gorgeous Chinese mystery bird got its genus name from a Greek legend Mystery Bird photographed at Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. [I will identify this bird...
So why were tornadoes in South so deadly?
Tornado-related deaths have declined dramatically over the past few decades because of improved forecasts and better warnings, but the massive outbreak on April 27 reported killed 318 people across the...
New U.K. Plant Science Lab Receives the Royal Treatment
Most people think the major royal event of the week in England is a...
Desert dragonflies arrive in UK
The UK is seeing record numbers of migrant dragonflies, says the British Dragonfly Society.
Ancient DNA: Curse of the Pharaoh's DNA
Some researchers claim to have analysed DNA from Egyptian mummies. Others say that's impossible. Could new sequencing methods bridge the divide?
Urban birds have bigger brains
City dwelling birds have larger brains relative to their body size, according to scientists.
What do bacon, tits and a computer keyboard have in common?
Today's video will answer the pressing question: What do bacon, great tits and a computer keyboard have in common? What do bacon, great tits and a computer keyboard have in common? Twitter,...
South Koreans flock to bathhouses offering every comfort
One man's idea for one-stop leisure brought more families out for a soak and steam, and became popular for dating singles. Hundreds such facilities now dot the nation. And are...
Statue of Egyptian pharaoh discovered
LUXOR, Egypt, April 26 (UPI) -- A 3,400-year-old statue of King Amenhotep III, believed to be the largest of its kind, has been discovered in Luxor, Egypt's Antiquities Ministry...
'Gamification' Rewards TV, Movie Fans for Browsing Sites
Visiting the sites of your favorite movies and TV shows can earn big prizes.
John James Audubon: Why Birds Flock Around Google's Doodle
Honored today with a Google doodle, the painter was a game changer in studying birds who was also "not shy in the ego department," experts say.
Egyptian mummy helps Vt. police solve crimes
Scanning techniques used to reveal ancient mummy's secrets help Vt. Police determine if child deaths are crimes
Mouth as the gateway to your body
After cleaning your mouth, plaque begins forming before your brush even hits the cup.
Lost City Revealed Under Centuries of Jungle Growth
The ancient Maya city of Head of Stone—a hundred buildings buried under rain forest—has emerged via 3-D mapping.
Fallow deer butt-in for dominance
Male fallow deer interrupt fights between rivals to assert their dominance, according to scientists.
Many Causes Behind Catastrophic Amphibian Declines
Not just one cause has brought many frogs to the brink of extinction, new report finds.
Invasive species: Killer shrimps and English parrots | Editorial
Striped and suitably vicious-looking, a creature, which likes to kill its prey without eating it, has arrived from the Black SeaDikerogammarus villosus, a visitor to this country so unpopular that even the Environment...
Titanic's unknown child is finally ID'd
When the Titanic sank, it took the lives of 1,497 of the 2,209 people aboard with it. Some bodies were recovered, but names remained elusive. But researchers believe that they...
Pictures: Fire Ant Swarms Form Living Life Rafts
When a fire ant colony is flooded, the bugs use their natural buoyancy to form life rafts that can last for weeks, a new study shows.
Green: On Our Radar: Migrating Songbirds Vanish in Britain
The reason for the losses is unknown, but scientists suspect that land-use changes could play a leading role.
Wild hogs: Researchers examine impact of feral pigs in eastern North Carolina
America's feral pig population continues to expand, increasing the potential for interaction with humans and domestic swine -- and for spreading diseases. Researchers at North Carolina State University examined feral...
Renowned fossil hunter Garbani dies
LOS ANGELES, April 25 (UPI) -- Harley Garbani, a self-taught paleontologist who "made some truly unique discoveries," died in California, his wife said. He was 88.
Beetle bling: Researchers discover optical secrets of 'metallic' beetles
Costa Rica was once regarded as the poorest of all the colonies of the Spanish Empire, sadly deficient in the silver and gold so coveted by conquistadors. As it turns...
Improbable research: here's an earful
Men's ears never stop growing ... and neither do women'sOld men have big ears, is the consensus of several medical studies. The most celebrated work focused exclusively on men, according with British male...
Using supercomputers to understand the super stars of the cosmos
(PhysOrg.com) -- Is it a high-speed graphic animation of a yellow-golden cauliflower erupting in fast motion? No. Maybe it's some kind of time-lapse, computer-generated X-ray of a brain as it...
Coasts losing battle with climate?
MANTEO, N.C., April 25 (UPI) -- Conservationists are making slow gains in the race against erosion in environments along the U.S. coast but it's an uphill battle, organizers say.
Grotto galleries show early Somali life
A galaxy of colourful animal and human sketches adorn the caves in the rocky hills of this arid wilderness in northern Somalia, home to Africa's earliest known and most pristine...
The untold story of evolution
Around six million years ago in Africa, human history began. But how exactly did hairy, tree-dwelling apes, become modern 21st-century people?Human evolution must be the greatest story never told. It begins in an...