| Mountain Ppine Beetle
The mountain pine beetle is one step closer to crossing North America and turning eastern pine forests into the same bleak landscapes that have scarred the Mountain West in recent years
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| Sea Urchins
There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations, according to the study, so little doubt exists that manmade conditions are driving this behavior
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| Fiddler Crabs Can't See Very Well
Fiddler crabs can't see very well, so they have to use statistical calculations to distinguish between swooping predators and harmless passing insects, say researchers
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| New "Buck-Toothed Evil Spirit" Dinosaur Found
A newly discovered dinosaur species bridges the gap between the earliest known group of predators and more advanced beasts such as Tyrannosaurus rex, according to a new study.
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| Men Have Lost the DNA Code
Men have lost the DNA code that once made human penises spiny, according to a new analysis of the human genome. Penile spines, which are still present in several
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| Thai Fossils Reveal Ancient Primate
A handful of fossilized jawbones found in a Thai coal mine belong to a new species of ancient tarsier, scientists say. Tarsiers are primates that share a common
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| Transylvanian Bird's Naked Neck
The Transylvanian bird's naked neck results from a random genetic mutation that causes the overproduction of a feather-blocking molecule called BMP12, a new
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| Monkeys and Secret to Better Termite Fishing.
Under a grant from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Souto and his colleagues studied a group of six tufted blonde capuchins in the
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| Monkeys Wash With Urine to Females
During MRI tests, Phillips and colleagues exposed four female monkeys to urine
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Eighty-three bottle-nosed dolphins
The BP oil spill may have played a role in some of these fatalities, but at this stage
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| Flamingos are So Pretty in Pink
Scientists had long assumed that flamingo feathers change color only when the plumage becomes faded
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| Flamingo Color
To examine this hypothesis, the researchers studied seasonal variations in flamingo color at three wetlands in Spain. The team also monitored the birds' breeding, feather maintenance, and courtship
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| Flamingos Get Their Color from Compounds Called Carotenoids
Flamingos get their color from compounds called carotenoids, which the birds
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| Hungry Nile Crocodile
A routine trip to the water hole recently resulted in a life-or-death struggle for a pair of African elephants when they were ambushed by a hungry Nile crocodile
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| Bats Crash More
Being blind as a bat apparently has its benefits: Wild bats that use their vision to fly
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| Oldest Known Dinosaur Embryos
The 8-inch-long (20-centimeter-long) youngster, for example, had long front legs
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| New Species of Deep Red
The new species belongs to Chiroteuthidae, a group of slender squid in which light
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| Monkey Species in Myanmar
The only scientifically observed specimen (pictured above) had been killed by local hunters the time researchers found it—and was eaten soon after
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| Polar Bears
In a previous study, biologist Robert Rockwell and his colleague Linda Gormezano documented polar bears in Canada's Hudson Bay area (map) returning to land
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| New Self-Cloning Lizard
You could call it the surprise du jour: A popular food on Vietnamese menus has turned out to be a lizard previously unknown to science, scientists say
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| Sea Turtle Herpes Tumors
Around the Hawaiian islands, several seaweed species were either accidentally
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| Japanese Macaques
In the first outbreak to hit the PRI in Inuyama, near Nagoya, between July 2001 and July 2002, seven Japanese macaques
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| Organizers of Omega's Evacuation
Omega In his younger years was used in one of the local restaurants to entertain people and was made to smoke cigarettes and serve water pipe to customers
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| Baby Bears
These two young bears were photographed in Finland while they were in the midst of a wrestling match. While their playtime might have gotten rough at times
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| Cat-Size Creature Resembles
First spotted swimming in Madagascar's Lac Alaotra in 2004, the cat-size creature resembles a "scruffy ferret" or mongoose, said John Fa, a director of conservation
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| Current Climate Models Ssuggest
Current climate models suggest that, as the Northern Hemisphere became drier about 5,500 years ago, the Southern Hemisphere got wetter.
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