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Observatory: Fun With Nicknames for Ancient Crocodiles
A paleontologist at the University of Chicago has fun naming the fossil crocodiles he has dug up from the Sahara.
The search: Computers dig deeper for meaning
Search engine technology is in a state of flux as it digs ever deeper for new meaning.
Jellyfish's toxic history revealed
New research has provided insight into how box jellyfish became so deadly, and could help to develop antivenoms for their stings.
Ore explains Earth's evolution
Ancient ore deposits are giving researchers insight into the evolution of the Earth's tectonics, atmosphere and oceans.
Bone implant offers hope for skull deformities
A synthetic bone matrix offers hope for babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the plates in the skull to fuse too soon.
After mastodons and mammoths, a transformed landscape
Roughly 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, North America's vast assemblage of large animals - including such iconic creatures as mammoths, mastodons, camels, horses, ground...
Extinct moa rewrites New Zealand's history
DNA recovered from fossilised bones of the moa, a giant extinct bird, has revealed a new geological history of New Zealand, reports a study published this week in the Proceedings...
Astronaut Awaits Word of Baby's Delivery
Atlantis Crew Member (and Expectant Father) Paces in Zero-G as Wife Back on Earth Approaches Due Date
VIDEO: Weird Prehistoric Crocs Uncovered
Five ancient crocodile ancestors, two previously unknown, have been uncovered in the Sahara by a National Geographic researcher and his team. The most imposing, BoarCroc, was 20 feet long with...
Mammoth dung clue to changing landscape
MADISON, Wis., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A study of mammoth dung from a lake bed in Indiana suggests a crashing comet did not wipe out North America's largest ice...
Paleontologists find extinction rates higher in open-ocean settings during mass extinctions
Arnie Miller, University of Cincinnati professor of paleontology in the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences, and co-author Michael Foote of the University of Chicago publish their research in the...
New Data Shed Light on Large-Animal Extinction
A team from the University of Wisconsin uncovered a crucial sequence of events that rules out some explanations and severely constrains others.
Extinction of giant mammals altered landscape
Researchers found that once emptied of a diversity of large animals equaling or surpassing that of Africa's Serengeti, the landscape completely changed. Africa - Mammal -...
Climate not really what doomed large North American mammals
Prevalence of a dung fungus over time suggests megafauna extinctions at end of last ice age started before vegetation changed
Slideshow: Ancient Crocs With an Upright Walk
Scientists find strange collection of fossils in the African desert [Read more]
Fossils Shed Light on Ancient "Croc World"
3 New Ancient Crocodile Species Fossils Found, Including 20-Foot Croc with Boar-Like Fangs
In pictures: Galloping crocs unearthed in the Sahara
Fossil hunters have discovered the remains of primitive crocodiles that could not only swim but also 'galloped' on land
Finding more in 'most': Scientific study of an everyday word
William Shakespeare, who knew a thing or two about words, advised that "An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told." But the exact meaning of plain language isn't always easy...
BoarCroc, RatCroc, DogCroc, DuckCroc and PancakeCroc
A suite of five ancient crocs, including one with teeth like boar tusks and another with a snout like a duck's bill, have been discovered in the Sahara by National...
Vatican's ‘most important’ cross gets new look
One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection — the Crux Vaticana — has been restored to its Byzantine-era glory. Byzantine Empire -...
Baby ibex's epic struggle to live
Amazing footage of a baby ibex's perilous escape from a fox is captured on film by a BBC natural history cameraman.
'Hobbits' are a new human species -- according to the statistical analysis of fossils
Researchers from Stony Brook University Medical Center in New York have confirmed that Homo floresiensis is a genuine ancient human species and not a descendant of healthy humans dwarfed by...
Giant Lungless "Worm" Found Living on Land
A new species of caecilian can survive on land with no nostrils, lungs, or legs, according to researchers who discovered the bizarre wormlike beast.
Valley in Jordan inhabited and irrigated for 13,000 years
You can make major discoveries by walking across a field and picking up every loose item you find. Dutch researcher Eva Kaptijn succeeded in discovering - based on 100,000 finds...
A Genetics Company Fails, Its Research Too Complex
The demise of deCode Genetics was largely the result of learning that researching genes that cause diseases was far more complex than anyone originally thought.
Darwin's mockingbirds DNA research may help species recovery
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research could help protect the future of a rare bird in the Galapagos Islands that was an inspiration for Darwin`s theory of evolution by natural selection, scientists...
Study Paints Sabertooths as Relative Pussycats
The sabertooth cat may have been less aggressive than its feline cousin, the American lion, a new study says.
Ex-Kiss drummer: Breast cancer not just for women
SPRING LAKE, N.J. (AP) -- Lying in bed one night in 2007, Peter Criss felt something strange: a small lump on his left breast....