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Shireen Gonzaga
Wild candid cameras capture animals at home
Cameras triggered by motion control sensors are a great way to capture photos of wild animals without being too intrusive in their habitat.
March 2, 2011
Thunder Thighs is the nickname for a new dinosaur
A new dinosaur species discovered in Utah has been nicknamed "Thunder Thighs" for its enormously powerful thigh muscles.
March 1, 2011
First breathable atmosphere 500 million years ago
Large amounts of oxygen released by ocean plankton made breathable atmosphere on Earth for the first time in history. This happened about 500 million years ago.
March 1, 2011
Human endurance in ancient Ring of Fire settlements
Ancient human populations lived on islands rife with natural disasters. From their early settlements, we're learning about human endurance in a difficult and uncertain world.
February 22, 2011
Hibernating black bears and what we didn’t know
For the first time, Alaskan black bears were monitored continuously through their long winter hibernation. Read more about hibernating black bears.
February 22, 2011
When our human ancestors first walked tall
A 3.2-million-year-old fossil foot bone, discovered in Hadar, Ethiopia, is shedding new light on when our human ancestors first began to walk upright.
February 21, 2011
The odd life of an underground orchid
A strange and wonderful orchid in Western Australia lives its entire life cycle underground. Learn more about the odd life of an underground orchid.
February 16, 2011
Female squid pheromones trigger fighting among males
A newly-identified pheromone produced by female squid - the first of its kind found in marine creatures - is thought to induce aggression in males.
February 15, 2011
Resurrecting a 200-year-old vintage beer
Finnish scientists are teasing out the secrets in the oldest bottle of beer in the world, kept chilled for 200 years on a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.
February 9, 2011
For some blenny fish species, looks can be deceiving
DNA analysis is changing the way we classify fish. A recent Smithsonian study of fish thought to be three species of Starksia blennies were actually ten different species, seven of which were hiding in plain sight.
February 9, 2011
