Serengeti road divides biologists: Will a road across the northern tier of Serengeti National Park ruin it?
Research points to abrupt and widespread climate shift in the Sahara 5,000 years ago
As recently as 5,000 years ago, the Sahara—today a vast desert in northern Africa, spanning more than 3.5 million square miles—was a verdant landscape, with sprawling vegetation and numerous lakes. Ancient ...
Apr 05, 2013
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Anthropologist suggests Mediterranean islands inhabited much earlier than thought
(Phys.org)—Anthropologist Alan Simmons of the University of Nevada has published a perspective piece in the journal Science suggesting that the Mediterranean islands were inhabited far earlier than has be ...
Nov 16, 2012
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Anthrax kills 30 hippos in S. Africa's Kruger park
Did the changing climate shrink Europe's ancient hippos?
Giant German hippopotamuses wallowing on the banks of the Elbe are not a common sight. Yet 1.8 million years ago hippos were a prominent part of European wildlife, when mega-fauna such as woolly mammoths and giant cave bears ...
Oct 25, 2012
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World's oldest hippo dies at 62
Donna, believed to be the world's oldest hippo, has died at the age of 62 after living more than two decades beyond the massive mammal's usual life expectancy, zoo officials said.
Aug 03, 2012
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Researchers show elephants really do have a sixth toe
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes it seems, nature finds it must resort to some trickery to respond appropriately to changing conditions. Take the elephant, for example. Way back in time, say fifty million years ...
Dec 23, 2011
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Pygmy hippo takes his first swim
He may be tiny but pygmy hippo Sapo made a big splash when he took a dip in his outdoor pool for the first time this week.
Jun 10, 2011
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Getting a leg up on whale and dolphin evolution
Kenya's hippos hard hit by drought
Hippo's island life helps explain dwarf hobbit (w/Video)
Ancient Madagascan hippos have shed light on the origins of the small brain of the 1-metre-tall human, known as the hobbit, scientists at the Natural History Museum report in the journal Nature today.
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