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Dung Happens And Helps Scientists: Scoop On Poop And Climate Change
February 15, 2008 — A scientist at Northern Arizona University is in charge of the largest animal dung collection in the world, used for clues about animal evolution and extinction, Ice Age existence and climate change. ... > full story -
Bats Flew First, Developed Echolocation Later, Fossilized Missing Link Shows
February 13, 2008 — The discovery of a remarkably well-preserved fossil representing the most primitive bat species known to date demonstrates that the animals evolved the ability to fly before they could echolocate. ... > full story -
Adaptive Functional Evolution Of Leptin In Cold-Adaptive Pika Family
January 22, 2008 — Adaptive functional evolution may occur in the leptin protein of the pika family, a typical cold-adaptive mammal. Researchers speculated that the cold, rather than hypoxia, may be the primary ... > full story -
Controlling Schistosomiasis: Buffalo Or Snails?
January 22, 2008 — A parasitic infection common in China and Southeast Asia could be effectively reduced by controlling snail populations, according to research. Infection with schistosomes of various species affects ... > full story -
Rapid Growth, Early Maturity Meant Teen Pregnancy For Dinosaurs
January 14, 2008 — Dinosaurs had pregnancies as early as age 8, far before they reached their maximum adult size, a new study finds. Scientists have identified the fossil bones of three female dinosaurs, each a ... > full story -
Where Do The Buffalo And Elk Still Roam?
January 4, 2008 — Less than twenty-one percent of the earth's terrestrial surface still contains all of the large mammals that used to occur there 500 years ago. Large mammals are top predators and serve as landscape ... > full story -
Whales Descended From Tiny Deer-Like Ancestors
December 20, 2007 — Scientists since Darwin have known that whales are mammals whose ancestors walked on land. But one critical step was missing: The identity of the land ancestors of whales. Researchers have now ... > full story -
Andean Highlands In Chile Yield Ancient South American Armored Mammal Fossil
December 14, 2007 — A paleontological dig in Chile at an altitude of more than 14,000 feet in the Andes has yielded fossils of an 18-million-year-old armored mammal. It appears to be one of the most primitive members of ... > full story -
Primitive Early Relative Of Armadillos Helps Rewrite Evolutionary Family Tree
December 12, 2007 — A team of US and Chilean scientists working high in the Andes have discovered the fossilized remains of an extinct, tank-like mammal they conclude was a primitive relative of today's armadillos. The ... > full story -
Fossils Excavated From Bahamian Blue Hole May Give Clues Of Early Life
December 3, 2007 — Long before tourists arrived in the Bahamas, ancient visitors took up residence in this archipelago off Florida's coast and left remains offering stark evidence that the arrival of humans can ... > full story
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