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Ancient Turtle Migrated From Asia To America Over Tropical Arctic
February 1, 2009 — In Arctic Canada, geologists have discovered a surprise fossil: a tropical, freshwater, Asian turtle. The find strongly suggests that animals migrated from Asia to North America not around Alaska, as ... > full story -
Mountain Caribou's Ancient Ancestry Revealed
January 28, 2009 — The declining mountain caribou populations of Canada's southern Rockies are a more distinct breed than scientists previously believed, according to a new study that discovered the mountain herbivores ... > full story -
12,900 Years Ago: North American Comet Impact Theory Disproved
January 26, 2009 — New data disproves the recent theory that a large comet exploded over North America 12,900 years ago, causing a shock wave that traveled across North America at hundreds of kilometers per hour and ... > full story -
Danube Delta Holds Answers To 'Noah's Flood' Debate
January 23, 2009 — Did a catastrophic flood of biblical proportions drown the shores of the Black Sea 9,500 years ago, wiping out early Neolithic settlements around its perimeter? A geologist says that, if the flood ... > full story -
Texas State Dinosaur Facing Name Change: Case Of Mistaken Dino-Identity
January 13, 2009 — A Texas legislator is seeking a name change for the official state dinosaur, after master's level research at Southern Methodist University revealed the titleholder was misidentified. The Texas State ... > full story -
Catastrophic Coincidence: Second Ever Example Of Contemporaneous Meteorite Impact And Flood Volcanism Discovered
January 7, 2009 — Scientists have discovered only the second example of a meteorite impact that occurred at the same time as massive volcanic activity. The first time such a coincidence was observed, at the ... > full story -
Bacteria In Ice May Record Climate Change
December 31, 2008 — Scientists in China report that small bugs deposited in ice and snow might tell how our climate has been ... > full story -
Competition, Not Climate Change, Led To Neanderthal Extinction, Study Shows
December 29, 2008 — Neanderthal extinction was principally a result of competition with Cro-Magnon populations, rather than the consequences of climate change, according to a new ... > full story -
Pollen Grain Study Yields New Picture Of Ice Age
December 22, 2008 — According to a new analysis of deposits of pollen grains, it is possible that all of Sweden was virtually free of ice for long periods during the latest ice age. The findings show that the glaciation ... > full story -
New World Post-Pandemic Reforestation Helped Start Little Ice Age, Say Scientists
December 18, 2008 — The power of viruses is well documented in human history. Swarms of little viral Davids have repeatedly laid low the great Goliaths of human civilization, most famously in the devastating pandemics ... > full story
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