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Bigfoot Discovery Declared a Hoax
No evidence has emerged to support the claimed discovery of the corpse of a seven-foot-tall (two-meter-tall) Sasquatch in the southern U.S.
Red lionfish invade the Caribbean
The predator, a native of the Indian and Pacific oceans, is believed to have escaped from a Florida fish tank. ...
PHOTOS: Ancient Iraq Temples Eroding, Shot, Trampled
A new British Museum survey of several important archaeological sites in southern Iraq suggests antiquities there are threatened more by neglect, erosion, and military activities than looting.
Head of Roman empress unearthed
Archaeologists digging in Turkey find the colossal marble head of Faustina the Elder, Hadrian's "daughter-in-law".
'Don't Worry Be Happy': happiness is key to longer life
Keep humming "Don't Worry Be Happy". The 1980s New Age-inspired hit got it right. New research shows being happy can add several years to life.
Giant Prehistoric "Kangaroos" Killed Off by Humans
Giant kangaroo-like beasts and thousand-pound marsupial hippos went extinct on the Australian island more than 40,000 years ago from hunting, not climate change, scientists say.
Is It Too Late To Save The Great Migrations?
Long gone are the days when hundreds of thousands of bison grazed the Great Plains, millions of passenger pigeons darkened the skies while migrating to and from their breeding grounds,...
Oceans on the precipice: Scripps scientist warns of mass extinctions and 'rise of slime'
Jeremy Jackson, Scripps Professor of Oceanography. Human activities are cumulatively driving the health of the world's oceans down a rapid spiral, and only prompt and wholesale changes will slow or...
Extinction most likely for rare trees in the Amazon rainforest
Rare trees in the Amazon basin are more likely to go extinct than common species, according to scenarios based on neutral theory. Common tree species in the Amazon will survive even grim...
Talks open to avert resignations of 3 gynecologic oncologists
A pitch was made Wednesday to avert the pending resignation of all three of Newfoundland and Labrador's gynecologic oncologists.
Sky islands: metaphor or misnomer?
The term "sky islands" sounds intriguing, but it may be more lyrical than useful when discussing mammal distributions, according to new research from Eric Waltari of the Sackler Institute of...
Octopuses more arms than legs: research
How many legs does an octopus have? The answer should be easy. But not any more. For new research suggests they are not really eight-legged denizens of the deep, as...
Snakes studied in bid to reduce roadkill
In this arid river valley in southeastern Alberta, Adam Martinson is trying to find out why rattlesnakes cross the road.
How Non-stick Bugs Evade Natural Fly Paper
Most insects landing on the natural fly paper plant, Roridula grogonias, are in for a sticky end. However, mirid bugs that make the sticky plants their homes seem immune to...
Graduate student finds, names bacterium
RIVERSIDE, Calif., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. graduate student in entomology has made the dream of many scientists a reality in her own life by finding and...
Mature Trees: Surviving The Revolution, Easier Than Withstanding Human Use And Abuse
Inwood Hill Park survived the drastic modifications of Revolutionary War patriots, but preserving this last bastion of large-growth, mature trees in New York City is difficult with the proliferation of...
Neanderthals Didn't Mate With Modern Humans, Study Says
Neanderthals and anatomically modern humans likely did not interbreed, says a new DNA study. that also suggests small population numbers helped do in our closest relatives.
Fighting ash borer: To spray or not to spray?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Perhaps the only good news in the Aug. 4 announcement that emerald ash borers have been found in southeastern Wisconsin is that the invasive pest took its time...
Michigan Tech Pioneers Transatlantic Forestry Master's
In a new kind of transatlantic graduate program, students on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean now can earn dual forest resources master's degrees from Michigan Technological University and a...
Olympic Events Through History
Olympic events have changed dramatically over time. Here's the full history.
Meet Rocky
Rocky - The most visible orangutan in entertainment today, young Rocky has been transferred to Great Ape Trust from Los Angeles. He will become part of The Trust's non-invasive scientific...
Population Bomb Author's Fix For Next Extinction: Educate Women [News]
It’s an uncomfortable thought: Human activity causing the extinction of thousands of species, and the only way to slow or prevent that phenomenon is to have smaller families and forego...
Mysterious Jellyfish Swarms Seen in Europe, U.S.
A spike in jellyfish numbers along Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts highlights scientists' lack of understanding of these stinging creatures.
Adam Rutherford: Did early humans wipe out Neathanderthals?
Adam Rutherford: What do new discoveries about how Neanderthal man lived and died tell us about our human ancestors?
Ancient big cat fossils found in South America
Venezuela has found the first fossils of an extinct scimitar cat -- of the saber-toothed cat genus -- in South America, during oil prospecting activities southeast of Caracas, paleontologists announced.
Proof humans killed megafauna flawed
The claim that humans wiped out Australia's megafauana is flawed, according to research that found people may have lived alongised the giant animals.
2,500-Year-Old Greek Ship Raised off Sicilian Coast
The 70-foot (21-meter) sailer is the biggest and "best preserved" vessel of its kind ever found, archaeologists say.
New breastfeeding study shows most moms quit early
While the CDC recently reported that more moms than ever give breastfeeding a try, a new national study shows most moms do not stick with it as long as they...