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Sawfish are armed to the teeth
Sawfish are equipped with a powerful weapon, but sadly the long, saw-like snout, or rostrum, can't protect them from habitat loss and fishing nets.
April 7, 2011
Mireya Mayor, NFL cheerleader turned scientist
A new book by Mireya Mayor recounts how she went from NFL cheerleader a primatologist and a host of WILD and survived a plane crash.
April 6, 2011
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
Earthquake in Japan was not expected to be 9.0 magnitude
The March 2011 earthquake near Japan - which reached 9 on the Richter scale – was not anticipated for that region of the ocean, geophysicists say.
April 4, 2011
Numbat babies: Cute and endangered Australian marsupials
These numbat babies are part of a Perth Zoo program to save the endangered Australian marsupial from extinction.
April 4, 2011
David Monsma on new report on Arctic: The Shared Future
David Monsma of the Arctic Institute describes key findings and recommendations of a new report - The Shared Future - from the Commission on Arctic Climate Change.
April 4, 2011
EarthSky to report on Arctic Climate Change
When the Commission on Arctic Climate Change released its final report in March 2011, EarthSky was there to capture interviews.
April 3, 2011
Decorah Eagle Cam, two eggs have hatched
Two eggs have hatched, and the next baby eagle is due within three days at the Decorah Eagle Cam, in Iowa.
April 3, 2011
Egyptian cobra is slippery escape artist
Visitors to the Bronx Zoo can breathe easier now its famous escaped Egyptian cobra has been caught.
April 2, 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
