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Research uncovers surprising lion stronghold in war-torn central Africa
Times are tough for wildlife living at the frontier between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Armies are reportedly encamped in a national park and wildlife preserve on...
Pacific Islanders came from Taiwan
New Zealand research into Austronesian languages has suggests that most Pacific populations originated in Taiwan about 5,200 years ago.
Triceratops' horns were for fighting, research shows
The dinosaurs' headgear wasn't just ornamentation, says a Claremont researcher. Probably the creatures battled for mating supremacy the way modern horned mammals do. ...
Names give cows a lotta bottle
A cow with a name produces more milk than one without, scientists at Newcastle University have found. Drs Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson have shown that by giving a cow...
110-year-old lizard a proud, new pop
INVERCARGILL, New Zealand, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Age didn't matter for a 110-year-old endangered male lizard-like creature and his 80-year old mate in New Zealand -- they just...
Neptune's kitchen: Dolphins are talented chefs
Dolphins are the chefs of the seas, having been seen going through precise and elaborate preparations to rid cuttlefish of ink and bone to produce a soft meal of calamari,...
Mountain caribou's ancient ancestry revealed
The declining mountain caribou populations of Canada's southern Rockies are a more distinct breed than scientists previously believed, according to a new study by University of Calgary researchers that is...
Scientists examine effect of wolves' absence and see an ecosystem 'unraveling'
No trace remains of the wolves whose howls ricocheted for millennia down the lush valleys of the Olympic Peninsula. Settlers and trappers killed them all in little more than three...
Antique Plutonium
Manhattan Project-era plutonium is found in a glass jug during Hanford Site cleanup
Mammals that hibernate or burrow less likely to go extinct
The best way to survive the ill-effects of climate change and pollution may be to simply sleep through it. read more
Ancient Lefties: The History of Obama’s Handedness
Southpaw Obama is another notch for the column of left-handed presidents, now totaling eight.
Attempts to Contact Aliens Date Back 150 Years
Scientists have been dreaming up ways to talk to aliens since the 19th century.
Ancient cave houses found in China
BEIJING, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Chinese archaeologists say they've found ancient cave houses that may be the earliest made by man.
Hoard Of Hundreds Of Antique Gold Coins Uncovered In Walls Around Jerusalem National Park
One thousand three hundred year old Chanukah money in Jerusalem: a hoard of more than 250 gold coins was exposed December 11 in excavations in the Walls Around Jerusalem National...
Resurrection Ecology: Bringing the Past to Life in the Lab
A Michigan Technological University biologist discovers evidence of evolution in action when he revives the eggs of tiny aquatic animals.
Vesuvius volcano still 'very dangerous'
Mount Vesuvius remains a threat to hundreds of thousands of people even though the volcano overlooking the southern Italian city of Naples has not erupted since 1944, a geologist warned...
Primate Dialects Recorded in South America--A First
The discovery of marmoset vocal variations indicates primate language may be more complicated than previously thought, according to a new study.
The Next Big Green Industry?
It's not the sort of thing that excites your typical Silicon Valley venture capitalist, but companies that weatherize homes could be the sleeper green-business success stories this year.
Birds Survived Mass Extinction That Wiped Out Dinosaurs Because Of Their Larger Brains
The Cretaceous--Tertiary mass extinction 65 million years ago may have wiped out the dinosaurs, but those that survived -- the ancestors of today's birds -- may have done so because...
Infestation closes west-end Toronto Loblaws store
A heavy rodent infestation has closed down a Toronto Loblaws store.
Scientists use intestinal bacterium to track human migration to Melanesia
DNA from the H. pylori in modern human stomachs indicates that prehistoric humans lived in Australia and New Guinea for about 25,000 years first. ...
Archeology Confirms King Solomon's Mines
When scientific results correlate with a topic of great popular controversy, there is potential for an exciting story--such as the one that will be told Feb. 18 by Anthropology Professor...
The vicuna - 'back from the brink' in South America
The success of international and local efforts to bring South America's llama-like vicuna back from the brink of extinction holds valuable lessons for Australia, according to the co-author of a...
Misidentified mammoth tusk is actually older
A graduate student this month photographed what some thought was a remarkable find: A complete tusk of a prehistoric pygmy mammoth.
Climate change affects insects in Borneo
YORK, England, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- A British survey indicates climate change is affecting tropical insects on Mount Kinabalu in Borneo, the third largest island in the world.
Scientists zero in on Earth's original animal
Sea sponges have been thought by some scientists to be the most primitive living animals, the closest living things to approximate Earth's original animal, down at the base of the...
Move over, sponges: New evidence confirms Placozoans are the closest living surrogate to the ancestor of all animals
A new and comprehensive analysis confirms that the evolutionary relationships among animals are not as simple as previously thought. The traditional idea that animal evolution has followed a trajectory from...
Humans and sponges may share a slimy ancestor
Placulan origin re-roots the tree of life.