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  New Species of Ancient Rodents Hint at What Could Be World's Oldest Grasslands

  July 23, 2012 — Researchers have described two ancient species of South American rodents, including the oldest chinchilla, a discovery that substantiates what might be the earliest grasslands in the world. The two ... > full story
• Frogs and Reptiles
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  Giant Fossil Turtle from Colombia Round Like Car Tire

  July 11, 2012 — Even the world's largest snake, Titanoboa, could probably not have swallowed this new, very round fossil turtle species from Colombia. Paleontologists have discovered a new species of fossil turtle ... > full story
• Disability
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  Zebrafish Reveal Promising Process for Healing Spinal Cord Injury

  July 6, 2012 — Scientists are studying the mechanisms of spinal cord repair in zebrafish, which unlike humans and other mammals can regenerate their spinal cord following injury. Their findings suggest a family of ... > full story
• Marine Biology
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  Diving Shrews: Heat Before You Leap

  July 3, 2012 — How does the world's smallest mammalian diver survive icy waters to catch its prey? A recent study of American water shrews has surprised researchers by showing that the animals rapidly elevate body ... > full story
• Early Mammals
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  Dinosaurs Were Warm-Blooded Reptiles: Mammal Bone Study Sheds Light on Dinosaur Physiology

  June 28, 2012 — A study with extant mammals refutes the hypothesis on which the assumption that dinosaurs were ectotherms was based. The study analyzing the lines of arrested growth (LAG) in the bones of around a ... > full story
• Dolphins and Whales
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  First Paternity Study of Southern Right Whales Finds Local Fathers Most Successful

  June 22, 2012 — The first paternity study of southern right whales has found a surprisingly high level of local breeding success for males, scientists say, which is good news for the overall genetic diversity of the ... > full story
• Cows, Sheep, Pigs
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  Luteal Development and Pregnancy in Elephants

  June 21, 2012 — Researchers have found which mechanisms are responsible that elephants have the longest pregnancy in the world. With up to 680 days their pregnancy is longer than in any other mammal studied so ... > full story
• Monkeys
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  Inner Ear May Hold Key to Ancient Primate Behavior

  June 13, 2012 — CT scans of fossilized primate skulls or skull fragments from both the Old and New Worlds may shed light on how these extinct animals moved, especially for those species without any known ... > full story
• Early Climate
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  Woolly Mammoth Extinction Has Lessons for Modern Climate Change

  June 12, 2012 — Not long after the last ice age, the last woolly mammoths succumbed to a lethal combination of climate warming, encroaching humans and habitat change -- the same threats facing many species ... > full story
• Dinosaurs
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  Dinosaurs Lighter Than Previously Thought

  June 6, 2012 — Scientists have developed a new technique to accurately measure the weight and size of dinosaurs and discovered they are not as heavy as previously ... > full story

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