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Brazil identifies disease that killed South African
Brazilian authorities said Monday they have identified a mysterious disease that killed a visiting South African businessman last week as spotted fever, a tick-borne malady.
'As we clambered off the yacht, we felt like explorers'
The baby sea lion looked as if it was sleeping, resting peacefully under a mangrove tree seemingly hiding from the sun.
PHOTO IN THE NEWS: New Giant Toothless Pterosaur Found
The ancient winged reptile is the first of its kind found outside of China, according to a researcher who named the species based on a partial skull fossil from Brazil.
Eucalypt buds survive any fires
Researchers have found that our native eucalypts have at least two fire survival strategies in place and are even better at bouncing back than thought.
Humans 80,000 Years Older Than Previously Thought?
Stone tools found in Ethiopia, likely crafted by the earliest Homo sapiens, have been dated to at least 276,000 years ago—80,000 years before our earliest relatives were thought to roam...
Rolling 'Sea Grape' Rocks The Fossil Record
A submarine expedition that went looking for visually flashy sea creatures instead found a drab, mud-covered blob that may turn out to be truly spectacular indeed.
Discovery Provides New Perspective on Animal Evolution
A new discovery challenges one of the strongest arguments in favor of the idea that animals with bilateral symmetry--those, that like us have two halves that are roughly mirror images...
Fossil provides glimpse of giant flying reptile
Soaring overhead in the Cretaceous skies with taut, leathery wings longer than a family car, it would have made an unnerving sight.
World's oldest marijuana stash totally busted
Nearly two pounds of still-green plant material found in a 2,700-year-old grave in the Gobi Desert has just been identified as the world's oldest marijuana stash, according to a paper...
Dirty Teeth Reveal Ancient Diet
Thanks to poor dental hygiene, researchers are getting a more detailed understanding of what people ate thousands of years ago in what is now Peru.
Ancient insect makes a lasting impression
U.S. researchers say they have discovered what appears to be the oldest imprint of a prehistoric insect, made while the dragonfly-like creature was still alive.
Invasive garden ants as new pest insects in Europe
Northern Europe has so far been free from invasive pest ants, but it seems just a matter of time until Lasius neglectus, a new ant that was discovered in 1990,...
Innovative technique to record human impact on coastal waters
With their sedentary lifestyles and filter-feeding habits, clams have been silent witnesses to the changes that humans have inflicted upon their waters. These clams are silent no more, as Dr...
Solar-powered Sea-slugs Live Like Plants
The lowly sea slug, "Elysia chlorotica," may not seem like the most exciting of creatures, but don't be fooled: It behaves like a plant and is solar-powered, says a biologist...
Evidence From Dirty Teeth: Ancient Peruvians Ate Well
Starch grains preserved on human teeth reveal that ancient Peruvians ate a variety of cultivated crops including squash, beans, peanuts and pacay. Starch grain analysis of human dental remains should...
Millions of birds could die from oilsands development: report
Millions of birds could be lost over the next 30 to 50 years due to oilsands development in northern Alberta, according to a report released Tuesday in Edmonton.
Expedition uncovers ancient citadel in Peruvian jungle
A team of archaeologists on Tuesday announced they had discovered a fortified citadel in the remote Amazonian rainforest of northeast Peru that appears to be from the pre-Inca era.
Observatory: Turtle on the Half Shell: Fossils in China Show an Evolutionary Step
A new fossil discovery provides clues as to how turtles came to have shells.
A New Picture of the Early Earth
Geologists now think the planet soon became a cool place of land, seas and perhaps even life.
Looking Inside a Mummy's Stomach
Whether it was a quarter as a kid, some mean-looking peppers or that worm at the bottom of your shot glass, you've probably swallowed some weird things over the years....
Danish Tourist to Be First Xcor Spaceplane Passenger
Xcor Aerospace said Tuesday that Per Wimmer, an investment banker based in London, will be the first passenger aboard Lynx.
Research shows HIV's ancestor millions of years older than believed
Findings open a new avenue in the quest to understand the origins of HIV, which has resulted in millions of deaths
Cable giant Ted Rogers dies at 75
Canadian media magnate Ted Rogers, the founder and CEO of Rogers Communications, has died at the age of 75.
Study on wildlife corridors shows how they work over time
At the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, there are five strange looking 'patches' cleared out of the surrounding forest. No, they're not crop circles carved by aliens...
Canada's Pacific coast killer whales still at risk
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canada's killer whale population on the Pacific Coast remains at risk of extinction as its main food source continues to decline, a government panel said...
Yech! Did Iceman munch on moss?
A new study of the well-known "Iceman" mummy finds that he ate moss, though perhaps not on purpose.
Bronze age necklace unearthed
(PhysOrg.com) -- A 4,000-year-old amber necklace has been discovered at a dig organised by a team of archeologists in Manchester.
New Stone Age artefacts unearthed
An archaeological dig in Russia has unearthed female figurines, carved tools, and a cone-shaped carving of unknown purpose.