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Shireen Gonzaga
Penguin finds his way home with New Zealanders
A lost emperor penguin rescued on a New Zealand beach in June 2011 was released into the wild after two months of recovery. Will he find his way home?
September 8, 2011
Armchair archaeologists wanted, no experience necessary
The pros are looking for armchair archaeologists to help decipher ancient papyri fragments written in Greek, dating from the 3rd century BC to 7th century AD.
August 9, 2011
Treefrogs: Understanding species diversity
Recent research on treefrogs across the world could shed new light on why some places have more species diversity than others.
May 24, 2011
Top 10 new species in 2011
A group of taxonomists made a 2011 top 10 list of the coolest new animal and plant species discovered last year. A bottom-dwelling batfish tops the list.
May 23, 2011
New fossil primate species found in West Texas
A new fossil primate, a lemur-like creature, among the last of North American primates, once lived in tropical West Texas over 43 million years ago.
May 22, 2011
Are worm lizards closely related to snakes?
A lizard fossil from Germany provides evidence that worm lizards and snakes are not closely related, but evolved separately.
May 22, 2011
Zombie apocalypse: CDC advice
Are you prepared for an attack by the living dead? In a recent blog, the CDC issued some guidelines. Good advice, for zombie apocalypse and other disasters.
May 20, 2011
Land crab species disappeared from Hawaii 1,000 years ago
It's a new land crab species we'll never see. They disappeared about 1,000 years, not long after the first humans arrived to the Hawaiian Islands.
May 17, 2011
Young T. rex-like dinosaurs didn’t hunt like grown-ups
Fossils from Juvenile Tarbosaurus dinosaurs from Mongolia reveals that youngsters of that species didn't compete with adults for food.
May 16, 2011
Whale sharks amaze scientists by feeding in large groups
In August 2009, marine biologists were stunned to see about 420 whale sharks feeding as a group in waters off the Yucatán Peninsula.
May 10, 2011
