JUL 12, 2010 |
Flimsy Feathers Could birdlike dinosaurs really fly? |
JUL 6, 2010 |
Oldest Bite Marks Paleontologists have found the oldest known mammalian tooth marks on dinosaur bones. |
MAR 5, 2010 |
Early Life Roundup A giant ancient snake feasted upon crocodiles.
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JAN 4, 2010 |
Venomous Dinosaurs A venomous feathered dinosaur may have eaten its prey alive. |
NOV 30, 2009 |
Ancient Pollination Millions of years before flowers evolved, insects were pollinating non-flowering plants. |
NOV 6, 2009 |
Reptile Roundup Huge snakes are invading southern Florida and wreaking havoc on the native wildlife there. |
OCT 12, 2009 |
Ardipithicus Fossil Scientists unveil details about Ardipithicus, a possible human ancestor. |
AUG 6, 2009 |
Diamonds & Extinction What really killed North America’s large mammals at the end of the last ice age? |
JUL 6, 2009 |
Re-Sizing Dinosaurs Dinosaurs may have been smaller than previous estimates. |
MAY 15, 2009 |
Comet Roundup Comets may have provided the young Earth the molecules necessary for the formation of life. |
MAR 9, 2009 |
Giant Snake A super-sized snake in prehistoric Colombia tells scientists about the future of global warming. |
FEB 20, 2009 |
Prehistoric Roundup A newly discovered fossil reveals a warmer climate in the past. |
OCT 14, 2008 |
Small Dino Scientists discover North America’s smallest dinosaur to date. |
AUG 15, 2008 |
Fish Roundup The beautiful but invasive lionfish is wreaking havoc on its adopted ecosystems. |
AUG 13, 2008 |
Canada Explosion Diamonds and precious metals in the American Midwest point to a cataclysmic explosion in Canada long ago. |
JUN 9, 2008 |
Amphibian Missing Link The discovery of an ancient fossil dubbed the “Frogomander” is clearing up a mystery about the origins of modern amphibians. |
MAY 15, 2008 |
Tyrannosaurus Rex & Birds Protein sequencing confirms the evolutionary relationships between dinosaurs and birds. |
APR 17, 2008 |
Transitional Fossils A listener asks: Have many transitional fossils showing evolutionary links between major groups of animals been found in the fossil record? |
MAR 20, 2008 |
Encyclopedia of Life A new, comprehensive repository of scientific information for all life on earth comes to the web. |
DEC 25, 2007 |
Giant Scorpion Paleontologists have found the largest single arthropod known to science. |
NOV 15, 2007 |
Hot Extinctions Warmer temperatures have consistently preceded more extinctions throughout Earth's history. |
NOV 12, 2007 |
Himalayan Collision A high-speed continental cataclysm formed the Himalayas 50 million years ago. |
OCT 24, 2007 |
Woolly DNA Woolly mammoths went extinct thousands of years ago. But now their genetic past is being resurrected through new DNA techniques. |
OCT 9, 2007 |
Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Scientists have identified the event that probably created the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. |
OCT 5, 2007 |
Fossil Roundup Fossils from Mongolia reveal that velociraptors had feathers. |
