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Key to fish family's land-walking abilities revealed in study of Asia's hillstream loaches
A new genetic and morphological study of South Asia's hillstream loach (Balitoridae) family is shedding new light on the fishes' unusual land-walking capabilities, including that of the family's strangest relative...
Mauritius: Anger and questions as 17 dead dolphins wash ashore
The discovery of 17 of the mammals raises questions and causes sadness and anger among locals.
Meteorite strikes may create unexpected form of silica
When a meteorite hurtles through the atmosphere and crashes to Earth, how does its violent impact alter the minerals found at the landing site? What can the short-lived chemical phases...
New neural network differentiates Middle and Late Stone Age toolkits
The transition from the Middle Stone Age (MSA) to the Later Stone Age (LSA) marks a major cultural change among human hunter-gatherer ancestors, but distinguishing between these two industrial complexes...
The COVID-19 pandemic: A timeline of key events across British Columbia
Since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in B.C. in late January, the situation has evolved quickly across the province.
Study reveals gender bias in bird song research and impact of women on science
A revolutionary group of scientists has been rethinking for two decades how we understand bird song, with women leading the way. Several of these scientists are from UMBC, and their...
Camilla Luddington gives birth to son with Matthew Alan
Camilla Luddington, who plays Jo Karev on "Grey's Anatomy," welcomed her second child, son Lucas, with her husband, Matthew Alan.
Remains dug from Japan mass grave suggest epidemic in 1800s
Archaeologists have dug up the remains of more than 1,500 people, many of them believed to have died in an epidemic, who were buried in a 19th century mass grave...
If bacteria band together, they can survive for years in space
Outer space is not friendly to life. Extreme temperatures, low pressure and radiation can quickly degrade cell membranes, destroy DNA and kill any life-forms that somehow find themselves in the void. But by...
Missing Army soldier Elder Fernandes found dead at Fort Hood in Texas
Authorities have found the body of an Army solider who disappeared from Fort Hood in Texas more than a week ago.
Look: Nikki Bella, Brie Bella introduce sons Matteo, Buddy
Nikki Bella and Brie Bella shared their baby boys' names, Matteo and Buddy, after giving birth earlier this summer.
Willie wagtails: The werewolves of the bird world
"A poet is a nightingale who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds; his auditors are as men entranced by the melody of an...
Sacisaurus helps to fill the hole in the evolution of ornithischians
A pair of researchers with Universidade Federal de Santa Maria has pieced together fossilized bones of a species of dinosaur called Sacisaurus agudoensis, a creature that was not much bigger...
Jamie Lynn Spears named trustee of Britney Spears' fortune
Jamie Lynn Spears has been named the trustee of Britney Spears' fortune, putting her in charge of her sister's SJB Revocable Trust.
Ashley Banjo to replace Simon Cowell on 'Britain's Got Talent'
Ashley Banjo is filling in for judge Simon Cowell on "Britain's Got Talent," ITV announced.
Penarth 'dinosaur footprints' investigated by museum
The prospect of a "really, really exciting" find will be checked by the Natural History Museum, experts say.
Eigg beach runner stumbles on dinosaur bone
The chance find was made on the Isle of Eigg where scientists have been searching for the fossils for 200 years.
Letters to the Editor: Kicking homeless people out of their tents will only help spread COVID-19
L.A.'s homeless population may have dodged a COVID-19 bullet by living largely outdoors in tents. Now, that may change in Venice.
Study: Student debt may hurt chances at full-time employment
A recently published study led by The University of Texas at Arlington says that student debt may hurt students' chances of securing full-time employment due to added pressure in their...
Climate change probably contributed to the woolly rhino’s rapid demise
The cousins of this fully preserved woolly rhino named Sasha were still genetically fit thousands of years after humans arrived. (Albert Protopopov/)Pyrenean ibexes, dodo birds, passenger pigeons, and Tasmanian tigers are just a...
Vast stone monuments constructed in Arabia 7,000 years ago
New archaeological research in Saudi Arabia documents hundreds of stone structures interpreted as monumental sites where early pastoralists carried out rituals.
Researchers use fossilized teeth to reveal dietary shifts in ancient herbivores and hominins
A new study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences documents dietary shifts in herbivores that lived between 1-3 million years ago in Ethiopia's...
Fossilized teeth reveal dietary shifts in ancient herbivores and hominins
A new study documents dietary shifts in herbivores that lived between 1-3 million years ago in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley.
Long-lost heirloom wedding ring found in dresser sold to neighbor
A British Columbia woman who lost her family heirloom wedding ring nearly 18 years ago said the ring was found hidden inside a dresser she sold to a neighbor.
3 days of rains in Pakistan kill 90, disrupt life in Karachi
Three days of monsoon rains have killed at least 90 people and damaged at least a thousand homes across Pakistan, the country's national disaster management agency said Tuesday, as another...
Life in a nutshell: New species found in the carapace of late cretaceous marine turtle
Scientists have identified a new ichnospecies from the shell of an extinct marine turtle fossil, the first known species coexisting on living marine vertebrates.
Rohingya refugee crisis remains unresolved 3 years after violence
More than a million Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh remain in limbo three years after hundreds of thousands fled Myanmar amid targeted persecution.
Mineral dust ingested with food leaves characteristic wear on herbivore teeth
In a controlled feeding study of guinea pigs, paleontologists have discovered that mineral dust ingested with food causes distinct signs of wear on the teeth of plant-eating vertebrates, which can...