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UNB researchers find 33-year-old puffin, marking a known record age for the bird
How old is an old puffin? Well, the oldest known puffin in New Brunswick was found this week at 33 years old.
This tree-killing beetle revealed its presence in B.C. when it flew into the wrong person
An amateur entomologist's lucky encounter with an emerald ash borer set in motion a chain reaction of research on the pest that has devastated ash forests across North America.
Egypt archaeologists discover tombs dating back 2,000 years
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's antiquities ministry says that archaeologists have discovered three tombs dating back more than 2,000 years, from the Ptolemaic Period....
Turkey bones may help trace fate of ancient cliff dwellers
DENVER (AP) -- Researchers say they have found a new clue into the mysterious exodus of ancient cliff-dwelling people from the Mesa Verde...
How Did an Aquarium Stingray Get Pregnant without a Mate?
Charlotte, a stingray in a small North Carolina aquarium, is taking a DIY approach to reproduction
'Darkness is coming.' 'Foundation' Season 3 arrives today on Apple TV+
The Mule makes a murderous entrance in today's premiere episode, 'A Song For the End of Everything'.
Contributor: Save the Earth's 'creepy-crawlies.' Some of them just might save us
1 in 5 reptile species is nearly extinct, and countless leads will die with them. ACE inhibitors, now being used for 30 million people, came from a pit viper.
Largest and oldest T. rex named "Scotty" revealed
The largest tyrannosaurus rex to ever roam the earth is about to make his official debut. CBS News got a look at "Scotty" before he goes on display at a...
Adapt or Die
The climate cycles that have driven mass extinctions, are shortening and becoming more severe. The species that can adapt to environmental changes survive, while others simply die off. CBSN Originals...
Comparing the jaws of porcupine fish reveals three new species
Researchers compared fossil porcupine fish jaws and tooth plates collected on expeditions to Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil with those from museum specimens and modern porcupine fish, revealing three new...
Looking to the future of bone replacements
A new artificial bone design has been developed that can be customized and made with a 3-D printer for stronger, safer and more effective bone replacements, explains a new report.
‘Euro Devil’: Fossil of carnivorous marsupial relative discovered in E Europe
Scientists have discovered fossil remains of a new carnivorous mammal in Turkey, one of the biggest marsupial relatives ever discovered in the northern hemisphere.
'Superman' tops box office with $122M
"Superman" is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $122 million in receipts this weekend, BoxOfficeMojo.com reported Sunday.
Famous birthdays for July 14: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Darby Camp
Actor Phoebe Waller-Bridge turns 40 and actor Darby Camp turns 18, among famous birthdays for July 14.
30 killed in sectarian violence in Syria
At least 30 people were killed and around 100 were injured in sectarian violence that exploded in Syria's southernmost As-Suwayda Governorate, the Middle Eastern country's Ministry of Interior said Monday...
King Charles III to host Trump on 2-day state visit in September
Dates for President Donald Trump's second full state visit to Britain were confirmed for Sept. 17 through Sept. 19 at Windsor Castle, where the royal family will host him and...
Mad emperor Caligula may have been a big plant guy
By most historical accounts, the Roman Emperor Caligula was a nightmare–a sadistic, debaucherous, and unstable despot. However, some new reevaluations of primary source documents and ethnobotanical fieldwork now suggests there was more to...
Oldest known dog breed reveals hidden human history
The Iditarod is the longest annual sled dog race– covering over 1,500 miles across Alaska. But there’s another impressive, long-distance sled dog journey worth considering: their slow motion race through time. A close...
Denver museum finds dinosaur bone under its parking lot
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science already houses a vast trove of dinosaur bones, but it recently received an unexpected addition to the collection. The latest fossil didn’t come from a...
Neolithic moms decorated baby carriers with dog teeth
Preparation work for a high-voltage powerline project in eastern Germany has revealed a very unexpected archeological find: the gravesites of multiple women and infants dating back nearly 4,500 years. While somber, their remains...
New species of pterosaur discovered in Patagonia
This is a paleoartist's reconstruction of a ptesosaur. Scientists today announced the discovery of a new species of pterosaur from the Patagonia region of South America. The cranial remains...
Bronx Zoo Celebrates the Opening of New World of Darkness at Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
The Bronx Zoo held a ribbon cutting today to mark the opening of the new World of Darkness, which will debut on Saturday, July 12, revitalizing a historic and groundbreaking...
New Species of Tiny Cretaceous Mammal Discovered by University of Portsmouth Student
A University of Portsmouth student has discovered a new species of prehistoric mammal dating back 145 million years to the Berriasian age, providing fresh insights into the diversity of early...
Viral fossils reveal how our ancestors may have eliminated an ancient infection
Some viruses can insert their genetic material into the genome of their host, creating a genetic fossil record. Researchers have uncovered how our ancestors may have wiped out one such...
Crocodile rock: ancient beast named after Motörhead band's Lemmy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A ferocious sea-going crocodile that menaced coastal waters about 164 million years ago during the Jurassic Period has been given a name honoring the similarly ferocious heavy-metal...
Engraved prehistoric human bones show ritualistic cannibalism
LONDON (Reuters) - Engravings on a human bone from a prehistoric archaeological site in a cave in southern England shows that human cannibals ate their prey and then performed ritualistic...
It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a prehistoric gliding mammal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In dense Chinese forests populated by dinosaurs 160 million years ago, two furry critters resembling flying squirrels glided from tree to tree, showing that even in such...
Infant ape fossil skull illuminates humankind's remote past
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lemon-sized fossil skull of an infant ape nicknamed Alesi that inhabited a Kenyan forest about 13 million years ago is offering a peek at what the...