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Shireen Gonzaga
An unusual fossil from the Yunnan Province in China
A new-found fossil reveals the soft body of a 500-million-year-old undersea creature. Hemichordate Galeaplumosus abilus may provide clues to the evolution of vertebrates like us.
April 5, 2011
Unusual bow-tie penguins discovered off southern Chile
"They appear to be all dressed up with nowhere to go," said Dr. Wills Derekson, who made the discovery.
April 1, 2011
Giant rabbit unearthed in Minorca, Spain
An ancient giant rabbit once lived on an island in Spain, as much as 5 million years ago. But it did not have floppy ears and could not hop.
March 30, 2011
An orchid that smells like roadkill
An orchid from southern South Africa has evolved a novel way to attract carrion flies and use them as pollinators, by smelling like rotting meat.
March 28, 2011
March 2011 tsunami toll on wildlife at the Midway atoll
The March 11, 2011 tsunami took just 5 hours to travel the 2400 miles to Midway Atoll. There, it dealt a devastating blow to the island wildlife.
March 24, 2011
Oldest known wild bird in U.S. became a mother again, and survived March 2011 tsunami
A Laysan albatross at Midway is the oldest known wild bird in the US. She recently became a mom at over 60 years of age - and survived the 2011 tsunami, too.
March 21, 2011
MESSENGER becomes first craft to orbit Mercury
On Thursday, March 17, 2011, the MESSENGER spacecraft will become the first space probe to enter orbit around the innermost planet of our solar system, Mercury.
March 17, 2011
Hand-held lasers aimed at aircraft doubled since 2009
There has been a dramatic increase - almost double- in small hand-held lasers pointed at the cockpits of low-flying aircraft at night.
March 15, 2011
Pteranodon: A curious case in Texas
A rare find in Texas, the fossilized wing of a flying reptile from the age of the dinosaurs. It could be the oldest known Pteranodon in North America.
March 13, 2011
How fish help create seafloor sediments
Fish ingest sea water and later excrete it as fine-grained carbonates, now known to make up a substantial portion of sea floor sediments.
March 8, 2011
