A yearslong exploration of a tunnel sealed almost 2,000 years ago at the ancient city of Teotihuacan yielded thousands of relics and the discovery of three chambers that could hold more important finds, Mexican archaeologists ...
Archaeology
Oct 29, 2014
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A new approach to rabies virus epidemiology in bats shows that the risk of infection is higher in large and multispecies colonies. The research, published on the journal PLOS ONE, has been led by Jordi Serra Cobo, professor ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2013
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Crocodilians have nerves on their faces that are so sensitive, they can detect a change in a pond when a single drop hits the water surface several feet away. Alligators and crocodiles use these "invisible whiskers" to detect ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 4, 2013
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Dramatic climate change was previously proposed to be responsible for the disappearance of turtles 71-million-years ago, because they were considered to be "climate-sensitive" animals. Results of this research, however, show ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) working on the New South Wales south coast have discovered a new species of ancient fish, after unearthing the largest fossilised lobe-finned fish skull ...
Archaeology
Mar 7, 2013
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New research by a University of Alberta archeologist may lead to a rethinking of how, when and from where our ancestors left Africa.
Archaeology
Dec 13, 2012
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A team of scientists from the University of Navarra and the Catalan Association of Biospeleology have discovered three new collembolan species in the Maestrazgo caves in Teruel, Spain. Their description has been published ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 27, 2012
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(Phys.org)—Small mammal populations across Europe were wiped out multiple times during the last Ice Age, due to an inability to deal with rapid climate change, according the research published today in the journal Proceedings ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 27, 2012
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A museum in Philadelphia is unwrapping the mystery of mummy conservation.
Archaeology
Oct 22, 2012
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China's beloved national symbol—the panda—may have been seen quite differently by ancient humans: as food.
Archaeology
Oct 15, 2012
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