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Shell hurt by gulf moratorium
LONDON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The impact of the summer moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico could last through 2012, executives at Royal Dutch Shell warned from...
Flamingos use colourful cosmetics
Flamingos in the wild use pigments as "make-up" to enhance the colour of their plumage, according to scientists.
Modern humans emerged far earlier than previously thought, fossils from China suggest
An international team of researchers has discovered well-dated human fossils in southern China that markedly change anthropologists perceptions of the emergence of modern humans in the eastern Old World.
Halloween 2010: Top Costumes, History, Myths, More
Get the facts on Halloween history, today's most popular costumes, record-breaking pumpkins, and more in National Geographic News's 2010 Halloween roundup.
50 Million Year-Old Amber Trove Found
Scientists Get to Study Wildlife That Inhabited Prehistoric Indian Subcontinent
Video: Shark Attack Victim's Friend Speaks Out
Matthew Garcia was with his friend Lucas Ransom when Ransom was killed in a shark attack while boogie boarding of the coast of Calif. Garcia spoke with Maggie Rodriguez on...
David Attenborough's big dig
Silbury Hill is as ancient and enigmatic as Stonehenge. David Attenborough tells Jonathan Jones why he set out to crack it'The past," says David Attenborough, "is a haunting and fascinating place." The great...
5 Days Of Halloween Movies: "5 Million Years To Earth"
You may not know the name Hammer Films, but if you have watched movies at all you have probably heard of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. In 1957 they...
50 million year old amber from India suggests global distribution of tropical forest ecosystems in the Eocene
A vast new amber deposit in India has yielded 100 fossil spiders, bees, and flies that date to the Early Eocene, or 52-50 million years ago. These arthropods are not...
Remarkable Creatures: Good to Be King in Snake-Eat-Snake World
What gives the king cobra its title is that it eats other snakes. But how does the king cobra maintain such an apparently high-risk lifestyle?
Bedbugs bite into camp's bottom line
Bedbugs took a bite out of a Manitoba non-profit organization's income, but the group, which operates Camp Cedarwood, says it is now bug-free and hoping to lure people back.
A focus on British art
Nestled in a small enclave on the Arthur M. Sackler Museum’s fourth floor is an intimate art display that subtly illuminates both present and past. The prints and engravings by several British artists...
Aquamation: Even Greener Than Cremation?
If you're like me, not only do you want to be buried, you want to be buried with your treasure in a vast underground labyrinth dug from the stone, behind...
Mystery Bird: Long-tailed Cormorant, Phalacrocorax africanus
This African mystery bird is a member of a family of birds that are often persecuted by fishermen as competitors because these birds also eat fishLong-tailed Cormorant, also known as the Reed Cormorant,...
Blood of Louis XVI may be hidden inside gourd
Carved pumpkins abound this Halloween season, but a decorated gourd dated to 1793 may be the spookiest of them all. New research determines it may contain the blood of Louis...
AUDIO: Albertosaurus discovery explored
The amazing fossil discovery of a huge carnivorous dinosaur in southern Alberta a century ago has been retraced and explored by a Canadian paleontologist.
Slither Room
The writer and painter James Prosek travels to key eel haunts around the world, studying the mysterious fish and their decline.
Why Egyptian replicas are as good as the real thing
Manchester's Tutankhamun exhibition is full of fakes, but no less inspiring for that"What can you see?" asked the people behind archaeologist Howard Carter as he peered through a newly dug hole into the...
Loki Schmidt obituary
Renowned German conservationist with a passion for plantsLoki Schmidt, who has died at the age of 91, following complications after an operation, was a leading conservationist and the wife of the former German...
Birdbooker Report 141
Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this is a weekly report about nature, science and history books that have been newly published in North America and the UK.Books to the ceiling, Books to...
Mystery Bird: Gadwall, Anas strepera
Bottoms up! This lovely bird can be found throughout much of North America, Europe and Asia. Includes a Birdnote radio podcast featuring calls of this speciesPair of Gadwalls, Anas strepera, photographed in Bonelli...
Australian researcher discovers giant asteroid impact
(PhysOrg.com) -- A geothermal energy researcher from the University of Queensland (UQ) has found evidence of a major asteroid impact that occurred more than 300 million years ago in the...
Book of the Dead: Scroll down and learn how to die like an Ancient Egyptian
The Book of the Dead guided Ancient Egyptians through death and on to the afterlife, as a forthcoming British Museum exhibition will showWhen it comes to scary monsters, the ancient Egyptian Devourer is...
Mystery Bird: Northern Mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos
The feature that I think is most amazing about this species is its singing ability: it is a talented songster and mimicNorthern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos (formerly, Turdus polyglottos), photographed during the Smith Point...
Pictures: 12 Ancient Landmarks on Verge of Vanishing
A Haitian palace, a Swahili port town, and a Maya complex are among the ancient sites disappearing due to modern neglect, a new report says.
WikiLeaks to publish 15,000 more Afghan war papers
(AP) -- Military documents laid bare in the biggest leak of secret information in U.S. history suggest that far more Iraqis died than previously acknowledged during the years of...
The Little Girl Who Lit The Bayonne Bridge
Spanning the Kill Van Kull tidal strait and first opened in 1931, the Bayonne Bridge was the longest in the world until 1978 and is currently the fourth longest steel...
Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science by Jim al-Khalili – review
The 'bubbling invention' of the Islamic world lit up the dark ages. By Tim RadfordThe relay-race model of intellectual history is simple enough: a go-ahead culture picks up the torch, runs as...