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  New Measurement of Crocodilian Nerves Could Help Scientists Understand Ancient Animals

  April 4, 2013 — A new study has measured the nerves responsible for the super-sensitive skin on a crocodile's face, which will help biologists understand how today's animals, as well as dinosaurs and crocodiles that ... > full story
• Near-Earth Object Impacts
  Dinosaurs
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  Early Climate
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  A Comet, Not an Asteroid, May Have Killed the Dinosaurs, Experts Propose

  April 4, 2013 — In a geological moment about 66 million years ago, something killed off almost all the dinosaurs and some 70 percent of all other species living on Earth. Only those dinosaurs related to birds appear ... > full story
• Dolphins and Whales
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  Dwarf Whale Survived Well Into Ice Age

  April 4, 2013 — Research detailing the fossil of a dwarf baleen whale from Northern California reveals that it avoided extinction far longer than previously ... > full story
• New Species
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  One Extinct Turtle Less: Turtle Species in the Seychelles Never Existed

  April 4, 2013 — The turtle species Pelusios seychellensis regarded hitherto as extinct never existed. Scientists discovered this based on genetic ... > full story
• Fish
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  Shark Tooth Weapons Reveal Missing Shark Species in Central Pacific Islands

  April 3, 2013 — The Gilbert Island reefs in the Central Pacific were once home to two species of sharks not previously reported in historic records or contemporary studies. The species were discovered in a new ... > full story
• Fossils
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  Evolutionary Biology
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  Frogs and Reptiles
   
  

  Diversification in Ancient Tadpole Shrimps Challenges the Term 'Living Fossil'

  April 2, 2013 — The term 'living fossil' has a controversial history. For decades, scientists have argued about its usefulness as it appears to suggest that some organisms have stopped evolving. New research has now ... > full story
• Rainforests
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  Decimation of Critically Endangered Forest Elephant Detailed

  March 29, 2013 — African forest elephants are being poached out of existence. A new study shows that a staggering 62 percent of all forest elephants have been killed across their range in central Africa, for their ... > full story
• Endangered Animals
  Nature
  New Species
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  Ecology
  Extinction
   
  

  Splendid Skadar Lake (Montenegro and Albania) Surprises With New Species of Snails

  March 29, 2013 — The Skadar Lake system at the border of Montenegro and Albania is a well-known hotspot of freshwater biodiversity and harbors a highly diverse mollusc fauna. As in many of the Balkan lakes, the ... > full story
• Animals
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  Nature
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  Black Bears on the Rebound in Nevada

  March 29, 2013 — A new study has pieced together the last 150 years of history for one of the Nevada's most interesting denizens: the black ... > full story
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Near-Earth Object Impacts
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  New Evidence Ancient Asteroid Caused Global Firestorm on Earth

  March 27, 2013 — A new look at conditions after a Manhattan-sized asteroid slammed into a region of Mexico in the dinosaur days indicates the event could have triggered a global firestorm that would have burned every ... > full story

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