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The last European hadrosaurs lived in the Iberian Peninsula

Nov 05, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Spanish researchers have studied the fossil record of hadrosaurs, the so-called 'duck-billed' dinosaurs, in the Iberian Peninsula for the purpose of determining that they were the last of their kind to inhabit ...

Research backs legend of man-eating bird

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Sep 22, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (5) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A huge flesh-eating eagle that became extinct in New Zealand only 500 years ago was an efficient hunter that could attack prey 10 times its size, UNSW research has found, lending credibility ...

Extinct New Zealand eagle may have eaten humans

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Sep 11, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (14) | 3

(AP) -- Sophisticated computer scans of fossils have helped solve a mystery over the nature of a giant, ancient raptor known as the Haast's eagle which became extinct about 500 years ago, researchers said Friday.

Preserved shark fossil adds evidence to great white's origins

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Mar 12, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (6) | 0

A new University of Florida study could help resolve a long-standing debate in shark paleontology: From which line of species did the modern great white shark evolve?

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Study explores violent world of raptors

Biology / Plants & Animals

Nov 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

A journey that started with a box of bird feet carried three Montana State University graduate students into the gruesome world of raptors and led to their findings being published in a prominent journal.

Study Pits Man v Machine in Piecing Together 425-Million Years Old Jigsaw

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Nov 16, 2009 | 3.9 / 5 (8) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study pitting academic expertise against a computer in recreating a 425 million-year old jigsaw puzzle has discovered that there is no substitute for wisdom born out of experience.

Central Africa's tropical Congo Basin was arid, treeless in Late Jurassic

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 10, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

The Congo Basin -- with its massive, lush tropical rain forest -- was far different 150 million to 200 million years ago. At that time Africa and South America were part of the single continent Gondwana. The Congo Basin was ...

Scientists launch effort to sequence the DNA of 10,000 vertebrates

Medicine & Health / Genetics

Nov 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Scientists have an ambitious new strategy for untangling the evolutionary history of humans and their biological relatives: Create a genetic menagerie made of the DNA of more than 10,000 vertebrate species. The plan, proposed ...

Bye bye 'Hogwarts dinosaur'? New analyses of dinosaur growth may wipe out one-third of species

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Oct 30, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (11) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Paleontologists from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Museum of the Rockies have wiped out two species of dome-headed dinosaur, one of them named three years ago - with great ...

Team Discovers New Dinosaur Species From Montana

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Oct 30, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (8) | 0

A husband and wife team of American paleontologists has discovered a new species of dinosaur that lived 112 million years ago during the early Cretaceous of central Montana.

Mastodon Tusk May Be Largest Ever Uncovered In NYS

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Oct 23, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research under way at the New York State Museum indicates that a huge mastodon tusk, recently excavated by Museum scientists in Orange County, may be the largest tusk ever found in New York State.

Scientists ID fossil bones of smallest dinosaur

Scientists find fossil bones of smallest dinosaur

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Oct 21, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (10) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new dinosaur species, Fruitadens haagarorum, is the smallest dinosaur ever discovered from North America. The tiny Fruitadens weighed less than a kilogram (two pounds) and was just 70 c ...

Do 3 meals a day keep fungi away?

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

Oct 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

The fact that they eat a lot - and often - may explain why most people and other mammals are protected from the majority of fungal pathogens, according to research from Albert Einstein College of Medicine ...