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Big-Nosed, Long-Horned Dinosaur Discovered in Utah: Dinosaur in Same Family as Triceratops
July 17, 2013 A remarkable new species of horned dinosaur has been unearthed in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, southern Utah. The huge plant-eater inhabited Laramidia, a landmass formed when a ... > full story -
Wildlife: Protecting and Connecting Headwater Havens
July 17, 2013 A new report calls for the designation of new Wildland Provincial Parks in the Southern Canadian Rockies of Alberta to protect vulnerable wildlife and provide for their safe passage in an ... > full story -
Monkey Nation: Mainland Africa's Most Important Nation for Primates
July 17, 2013 A five-year study gives new hope to some of the world’s most endangered primates by establishing a roadmap to protect all 27 species in Tanzania – mainland Africa's most primate-diverse ... > full story -
Black-Legged Ticks Linked to Encephalitis in New York State
July 15, 2013 The number of tick-borne illnesses reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the rise. Lyme disease leads the pack, with some 35,000 cases reported annually. In the ... > full story -
New Retroviruses Found in Polar Bear 'Knut' and Panda 'Bao Bao'
July 15, 2013 Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are viruses that at some point in the past inserted themselves into the nuclear genome of a host’s germ cell. Once integrated in a germ cell the virus would be ... > full story -
Interspecies Transplant Works in First Step for New Diabetes Therapy
July 12, 2013 In the first step toward animal-to-human transplants of insulin-producing cells for people with type 1 diabetes, scientists have successfully transplanted islets, the cells that produce insulin, from ... > full story -
Killer Whale Genetics: Redefining Stock Structure in a Marine Top Predator
July 11, 2013 By collecting 462 skin samples from both resident and transient wild killer whales in the northern North Pacific and characterizing individual genetic variability using two different genetic markers ... > full story -
Hippo Pathway to Better Cancer Treatment? Unusual Key to Regulating Cell Growth
July 11, 2013 Researchers have discovered a potential new pathway to treat cancer by asking some odd questions about the size of ... > full story -
New Insight Into the Human Genome Through the Lens of Evolution
July 11, 2013 By comparing the human genome to the genomes of 34 other mammals, Australian scientists have described an unexpectedly high proportion of functional elements conserved through evolution. While other ... > full story -
New Virus Discovered in Stranded Dolphin
July 10, 2013 Researchers have identified a new virus associated with the death of a short-beaked dolphin found stranded on a beach in San Diego. It is the first time that a virus belonging to the polyomavirus ... > full story
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