New evidence suggests that our human ancestors 2 million years ago were eaten by a large crocodile that lurked at the water's edge before closing its jaws on victims and drawing them under to their death. (Early hominids, possibly belonging ...
Suicide is not just a human behavior -- and it can help us understand human suicide.
In a covert operation, the team behind the Academy Award-winning documentary film "The Cove" has captured video footage that they say proves a popular California sushi bar illegally sold whale meat, according to a New York Times report. Here is ...
Do you have a really old Rottweiler? If so, you might wish to roll out your welcome mat for Dr. David J. Waters, who is launching "The Old Grey Muzzle Tour" this week. During the 23-day tour, Waters, who is ...
The animated film Shark Tale from a few years ago featured a "car wash" for dirty marine dwellers. Now a new study in the journal Marine & Freshwater Research documents something very similar: fish cleaning stations for sharks and manta ...
Please don't try this at home...Scientists at the San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation Research have just informed me that they've placed 24 mountain yellow-legged frogs into special refrigerators that will hopefully cause the endangered frogs to mate. (Image: Chris ...
You may have heard of "Epic Beard Man." Now take a closer look at this mighty mussel's iron beard.
The larger the male lizard, the more likely he is to father sons, suggests a new study on brown anole lizards that also determined smaller males tend to sire daughters. Adult females, however, help to control the process. Female lizards ...
Wall Street may have its human bulls and bears, but Manhattan has become very popular these days with a real wild animal visitor: coyotes. (Coyote pounds the pavement; Credit: marya) Surprised onlookers have recently spotted these wolf relatives in Chelsea, ...
The good news: the Milky Way could be abundant in intelligent life forms. The bad news: we may never hear from them. At last week's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Diego, California's ...
