After several failed attempts, rescuers donned survival gear and retrieved a lost dog that had been skittering around the frozen…
Ancestors Left Africa Earlier Than Thought
An ancient toolkit unearthed in the United Arab Emirates suggests modern humans may have left Africa over 100,000 years ago,…
First One-Fingered Dinosaur Found
A parrot-size dinosaur has been discovered with just one enlarged “digging” finger on each hand, scientists announced today. Unearthed in…
‘Girl Talk’ youth program counters school bullying with mentoring
As a teen Haley Kilpatrick felt the sting of school bullying herself. She started the youth program ‘Girl Talk’ to…
Voice restored after larynx transplant
A woman in the US is able to speak for the first time in 11 years after a pioneering voicebox…
“Vampire Flying Frog” Found
The mountain jungles of Vietnam are home to a new breed of “vampire”—a “flying” tree frog dubbed Rhacophorus vampyrus. First…
Smallest Farmers Found
In the developed world, the small farmer may be going extinct. But among some amoebas, small farming—really small farming—is still…
Fossil female pterosaur found with preserved egg
The egg indicates this ancient flying reptile was a female, and that realisation has allowed researchers to sex these creatures…
New Giant Crayfish Found Under Tenn. Rock
When aquatic biologists peered under a big rock in a Tennessee creek, they got a big surprise: a new species…
Dark-Matter Galaxy Detected
The invisibility of “Galaxy X”—as the purported body has been dubbed—may be due less to its apparent status as a…