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Parks Canada teaches people to scare coyotes
Parks Canada is teaching people how to frighten coyotes away, should they encounter any during their stay in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park.
Vampire Bats Kill 4 Kids, Attack 500 in Peru
Emergency Teams Sent to Amazon to Battle Outbreak of Rabies; Bat Attacks Linked to Amazon Deforestation
Crew’s Garey Joins Cause for Louisiana Wetlands
Columbus Crew forward Jason Garey, who knows Louisiana’s coastal wetlands well, is doing his part to press for their preservation.
Cumbria gets major tourism boost
Newly discovered Roman remains and a visit from giant cruise ship offer signs of optimism for area recently hit by tragedyThe battered economy of west Cumbria has had a double boost with...
How Sittingbourne discovered an archaeological treasure trove
A major haul of Anglo Saxon treasures has electrified the town's residentsAny day now the 11,000th visitor will wander into a small shopping arcade off the bedraggled main street of Sittingbourne in Kent,...
Thousands flock to see asteroid pod in Japan
Thousands of people flocked to an exhibition in Japan on Sunday to see a capsule from the Hyabusa space probe which was hoped to have brought asteroid dust to Earth.
Back-to-schoolers have a new cool in school supplies: biodegradable
It may be less crucial for the kids to have Iron Man or Hannah Montana's images on their back-to-school supplies this fall than it is to have a currently far...
Beavers make comeback in Scotland
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Beavers, hunted to extinction in Great Britain 400 years ago, are making a comeback in Scotland, with re-introduced animals raising families, researchers say. ...
A working life: The pathologist
Forget Silent Witness and CSI; Stephen Abbs works with 90,000 DNA samples, and no bodies. The results create key advances in medicineUnlike television pathologists in CSI or Silent Witness, Stephen Abbs goes nowhere...
Robot to expose hidden secrets of pyramid
A specialized robot will penetrate deeper into the Great Pyramid of Giza than ever before, unlocking a room that has remain sealed for 4,500 years. Giza...
Should You Be Able to Shoot the Moon in an NSF Proposal?
Does the National Science Foundation (NSF) give out money primarily to researchers who check...
Rare crocodiles snap at London move
Two Cuban crocodiles have been moved from a Denmark zoo into the London Aquarium
Extinct mammoth tusks fill elephant ivory ban gap
Stumped by a ban designed to save elephants from extinction, Hong Kong's master carvers turned to a long dead species that left thousands of tonnes of frozen ivory in Siberian...
Friday the 13th Superstitions Rooted in Bible and More
They date back to at least ancient Roman times, but Friday the 13th superstitions won't be getting much of a workout this year. Luckily for triskaidekaphobia sufferers, today is 2010's...
Science camp for elites at N.B. university
Thirteen North American high school students are taking part in an elite science camp at Mount Allison University in Sackville, N.B.
100-year-old Scotch pulled from frozen crate
(AP) -- A crate of Scotch whisky that was trapped in Antarctic ice for a century was finally opened Friday - but the heritage dram won't be tasted by...
Dangerous bacterium hosts genetic remnant of life's distant past
Within a dangerous stomach bacterium, Yale University researchers have discovered an ancient but functioning genetic remnant from a time before DNA existed, they report in the August 13 issue of...
British scientist in Inuit language quest
CAMBRIDGE, England, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- A British researcher says he is preparing for a yearlong expedition to Greenland, home of the Inuits, the world's northernmost settled people. ...
Animal bone markings show evidence that 'Lucy' species used stone tools, ate meat
Two Arizona State University researchers conducting zooarchaeological and archaeometric analyses of four fossilized animal bone fragments found by the Dikika Research Project in northeastern Ethiopia – within walking distance of...
A complex of monumental buildings has been located outside the Roman fortress at Caerleon in South Wales
Archaeologists from the University have made a major new discovery that will change the way we think about how Britain was conquered and occupied by the Roman army almost 2,000...
Probing Question: Why are bed bugs on the rise?
"Bed Bugs Invade New York City." "Bed Bugs Biting All Over US." "Bed Bugs Are Coming To Get You." From the headlines, you might think America was under attack by...
Cairo's Muslim faithful called to pray on one wavelength
Egypt on Thursday began unifying calls to prayer that ring out five times a day from thousands of minarets across the capital, but the move has been criticised by the...
Top food was olives in time of the ancient mariner
A huge quantity of olive stones on an ancient shipwreck more than 2,000 years old has provided valuable insight into the diet of sailors in the ancient world, researchers in...
Ancient Phoenician city may have been 'relocated'
The site of an ancient city called Auza, the earliest African city of the Phoenician civilization that existed 3,500 years ago, may have been in a different spot than experts...
New research suggests orangutans not so solitary
(AP) -- When British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace arrived in Borneo's jungles 150 years ago, one of his great hopes was to see orangutans. Even he was surprised at...
The traditional Baliem Valley festival in Wamena, Indonesia.
The Dani, Yali and Lani tribes gather at this annual festival dressed in distinctive attire to stage mock battles, perform traditional music and dance, and celebrate with a pig roast
Arctic ice island 'poses no immediate threat'
The largest ice island in almost 50 years poses no immediate threat as it will take up to two years to drift through the Arctic Ocean, the Canadian who discovered...
Lucy the Butcher? Tool Use Pushed Back 800,000 Years
Newfound prehistoric leftovers suggest early human ancestors were using tools about 800,000 years earlier than thought, a new study says. ...