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Leaping Lizards and Dinosaurs Inspire Robot Design
January 4, 2012 — A new study of how lizards use their tails when leaping through the trees shows that they swing the tail upward to avoid pitching forward after a stumble. Theropod dinosaurs -- the ancestors of birds ... > full story -
In Ancient Pompeii, Trash and Tombs Went Hand in Hand
January 4, 2012 — Trash and tombs went hand in hand in ancient Pompeii. That's according to research that provides new insights into daily life of that city before the eruption of Vesuvius in AD ... > full story -
The Bechstein's Bat, More Mediterranean Than Thought
January 4, 2012 — The Bechstein’s bat or Myotis bechsteinii lives in deciduous forests. It used to be very common in the Holocene era, but today there are only a few dispersed groups, despite the fact that a ... > full story -
Scientists Crack Medieval Bone Code
January 3, 2012 — The existence of brucellosis, an infectious disease still prevalent today, has now been confirmed in ancient skeletal ... > full story -
Jeanne Baret, Botanist and First Female Circumnavigator, Finally Commemorated in Name of New Species
January 3, 2012 — In 1766, Frenchwoman Jeanne Baret disguised herself as a man to work as assistant botanist on the first French circumnavigation of the globe. Though Baret helped to collect over 6,000 specimens, she ... > full story -
New Theory Emerges for Where Some Fish Became Four-Limbed Creatures
December 27, 2011 — A small fish crawling on stumpy limbs from a shrinking desert pond is an icon of can-do spirit, emblematic of a leading theory for the evolutionary transition between fish and amphibians. This ... > full story -
Over 65 Million Years, North American Mammal Evolution Has Tracked With Climate Change
December 27, 2011 — Climate changes profoundly influenced the rise and fall of six distinct, successive waves of mammal species diversity in North America over the last 65 million years, shows a novel statistical ... > full story -
Bacteria's Move from Sea to Land May Have Occurred Much Later Than Thought
December 22, 2011 — A new analysis indicates the shift of soil bacteria Azospirillum may have occurred only 400 million years ago, rather than approximately two billion years earlier as originally ... > full story -
Genetic Study of Black Chickens Shed Light on Mechanisms Causing Rapid Evolution in Domestic Animals
December 22, 2011 — The genetic changes underlying the evolution of new species are still poorly understood. For instance, we know little about critical changes that have happened during human evolution. Genetic studies ... > full story -
Cultural Diversification Also Drives Human Evolution
December 22, 2011 — Changes in social structure and cultural practices can also contribute to human evolution, according to a new ... > full story -
Chinese Fossils Shed Light on Evolutionary Origin of Animals from Single-Cell Ancestors
December 22, 2011 — Evidence of the single-celled ancestors of animals, dating from the interval in the Earth's history just before multicellular animals appeared, has been discovered in 570 million-year-old rocks from ... > full story -
Heritage Site Under Attack by Flowers
December 22, 2011 — The Belgrade fortress is not only threatened by the effects of coal burning, as was assumed until now, but also by flower beds. The deterioration of the fortress walls could be partially caused by ... > full story
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