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Did Dinosaurs Have Lice? Researchers Say It's Possible
April 5, 2011 — A new study louses up a popular theory of animal evolution and opens up the possibility that dinosaurs were early -- perhaps even the first -- animal hosts of ... > full story -
Protein from Bones of 600,000-Year-Old Mammoth Extracted Successfully
March 30, 2011 — Researchers from the University of York and Manchester have successfully extracted protein from the bones of a 600,000-year-old mammoth, paving the way for the identification of ancient ... > full story -
Chilly Times for Chinese Dinosaurs: Abundance of Feathered Dinosaurs During Temperate Climate With Harsh Winters
March 11, 2011 — Dinosaurs did not always enjoy mild climates. New findings show that during part of the Early Cretaceous, north-east China had a temperate climate with harsh winters. They explain the abundance of ... > full story -
Fossil Bird Study Describes Ripple Effect of Extinction in Animal Kingdom
March 7, 2011 — A new study demonstrates extinction's ripple effect through the animal kingdom, including how the demise of large mammals 20,000 years ago led to the disappearance of one species of ... > full story -
Fossils of Horse Teeth Indicate 'You Are What You Eat'
March 3, 2011 — Fossil records verify a long-standing theory that horses evolved through natural selection. Scientists arrived at the conclusion after examining the teeth of 6,500 fossil horses representing 222 ... > full story -
98.6 Degrees Fahrenheit Ideal Temperature for Keeping Fungi Away and Food at Bay
December 22, 2010 — Two researchers have found that our 98.6 F (37 C) body temperature strikes a perfect balance: warm enough to ward off fungal infection but not so hot that we need to eat nonstop to maintain our ... > full story -
Africa Has Two Elephant Species, Genetic Analysis Confirms
December 21, 2010 — By comparing the DNA of modern elephants from Africa and Asia to DNA extracted from two extinct species, the woolly mammoth and the mastodon, researchers have concluded that Africa has two -- not one ... > full story -
Being Good Moms Couldn't Save the Woolly Mammoth
December 21, 2010 — Woolly mammoths living north of the Arctic Circle during the Pleistocene Epoch (approx. 150,000 to 40,000 years ago) began weaning infants up to three years later than modern day African elephants ... > full story -
Rodents Were Diverse and Abundant in Prehistoric Africa When Our Human Ancestors Evolved
December 21, 2010 — Rodents have been one of the most common mammals in Africa for 50 million years. From deserts to rainforests, they flourished in prehistoric Africa, making them a plentiful food source. Now ... > full story -
Colossal Fossil: Museum's New Whale Skeleton Represents Decades of Research
December 16, 2010 — There's a whale of a new display at the University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History, a leviathan that represents a scientific saga of equally grand ... > full story -
Dogs Have Bigger Brains Than Cats Because They Are More Sociable, Research Finds
November 27, 2010 — Over millions of years dogs have developed bigger brains than cats because highly social species of mammals need more brain power than solitary animals, according to a new ... > full story -
Link Between Ancient Lizard Fossil in Africa and Today's Komodo Dragon in Indonesia
November 18, 2010 — Researchers have unearthed a mysterious link between bones of an ancient lizard found in Africa and the biggest, baddest modern-day lizard of them all, the Komodo dragon, half a world away in ... > full story
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