Jun 22 2011

Earliest American Art: Mammoth on Mammoth

Tag: Archaeology,DNA,Fossils,Mammals,Mammoth,North AmericaJennifer Viegas @ 10:12 am
The first known art object from America is a 13,000-year-old carving of a mammoth on mammoth bone.

Jun 20 2011

Pilot Saves Rescuers on Niagara Falls

Tag: Boat,Helicopter,Helicopter Pilot,Men,North America,Officer,Parks,Police,Rivers,WaterfallsDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 7:26 pm
Two police officers had to be air-lifted to safety after a rescue brought them dangerously close to the edge of the falls.

Mar 28 2011

Wi-Fi Cars Hitting the Information Superhighway

Consumers are warning to the notion of being connected to the Internet through their cars.

Mar 24 2011

Earliest Americans Arrived Even Earlier

Tag: Archaeologist,Archaeology,Artifacts,North America,ToolsDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 7:05 pm
A new site discovered in Texas was occupied 15,000 years ago.

Mar 15 2011

U.S. West Coast: On Frontline From Nuclear Cloud?

Radioactivity could reach the U.S. West Coast but officials say levels would not be dangerously high.

Mar 07 2011

Rockies May Have Been Formed by Giant Sucking

Tag: Geology,Geophysics,Gold,Mountains,North AmericaJessica Marshall @ 3:50 pm
A surprising mechanism may have thrust the famous mountain range skywards.

Feb 28 2011

Iconic Pine Trees May Vanish

Tag: Beetles,Climate Change,Forests,North America,TreesDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 7:37 pm
Warming temperatures make the towering lodgepole pine tree vulnerable to drought and pests.

Feb 03 2011

Oysters Disappearing Worldwide

Tag: Biomes,Environment,Mollusks,North AmericaDiscovery News - Top Stories @ 4:00 pm
Oysters are important because they filter impurities from water and provide food and employment for people living in coastal communities.

Dec 27 2010

Wheat Poised to Weather Climate Change

Agriculture will need to adapt to new conditions brought by climate change, but it's no worse than what farmers faced in the past.

Sep 22 2010

Frilly-Horned Dino Found on ‘Lost Continent’

Tag: Death and Dying,Dinosaurs,Large Mammals,North AmericaLarry O'Hanlon @ 4:00 pm
The world's most ornate-headed dinosaur, Kosmoceratops, is unearthed in Utah and featured 15 bony horns on its head.

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