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New Dinosaur Fossil Discovered in China: Meat-Eating Dinosaur from Late Jurassic Period Was Less Than a Year Old
May 3, 2013 — Fossil remains in northwestern China have been identified as a new species of small theropod, or meat-eating, ... > full story -
Monkey Math: Baboons Show Brain's Ability to Understand Numbers
May 3, 2013 — Opposing thumbs, expressive faces, complex social systems: it's hard to miss the similarities between apes and humans. Now a new study with a troop of zoo baboons and lots of peanuts shows that a ... > full story -
Boom in Jellyfish: Overfishing Called Into Question
May 3, 2013 — Will we soon be forced to eat jellyfish? Since the beginning of the 2000s, these gelatinous creatures have invaded many of the world's seas, like the Japan Sea, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, ... > full story -
Scientists Revolutionize Creation of Genetically Altered Mice to Model Human Disease
May 2, 2013 — Scientists have efficiently created mouse models with multiple gene mutations in a matter of weeks. Because the method does not require embryonic stem cells, the approach also could allow any animal ... > full story -
Madagascar Tortoise Trafficking Rages out of Control
May 2, 2013 — Illegal trafficking of two critically endangered tortoise species from Madagascar has reached epidemic ... > full story -
Primate Hibernation More Common Than Previously Thought
May 2, 2013 — Until recently, the only primate known to hibernate as a survival strategy was a creature called the western fat-tailed dwarf lemur, a tropical tree-dweller from the African island of Madagascar. But ... > full story -
Is the Humble Fig More Than Just a Fruit?
May 2, 2013 — Figs and fig trees are familiar to a wide cross-section of human society, both as a common food and for their spiritual importance. What is less well understood is the global nature of this ... > full story -
Killer Entrance Suspected in Mystery of Unusually Large Group of Carnivores in Ancient Cave
May 1, 2013 — An assortment of saber-toothed cats, hyenas, an extinct 'bear-dog', ancestors of the red panda and several other carnivores died under unusual circumstances in a Spanish cave near Madrid ... > full story -
Midwestern Frogs Decline, Mammal Populations Altered by Invasive Plant, Studies Reveal
May 1, 2013 — Researchers have discovered a new culprit contributing to amphibian decline and altered mammal distribution throughout the Midwest region -- the invasive plant European ... > full story -
Amphibians Living Close to Farm Fields Are More Resistant to Common Insecticides
May 1, 2013 — Amphibian populations living close to agricultural fields have become more resistant to a common insecticide and are actually resistant to multiple common insecticides, according to two recent ... > full story
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