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Mar 26, 2014 05:32 AM EDT

Giant Ancient Sea Turtle Bones Found and Re-United After 162 Years

Researchers reunited two halves of a fossil bone belonging to an ancient sea turtle that were unearthed over 160 years apart. This now-complete bone offers the image of the largest ancient sea turtles that roamed Earth.

Mar 25, 2014 10:32 AM EDT

Air Pollution Responsible for Millions of Deaths Every Year: World Health Organization (WHO) Report

A report released Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that one in eight deaths were caused by toxic air in 2012 alone, with such pollutants as cooking fires and auto fumes contributing to the air pollution that affects roughly seven million lives worldwide.

Mar 25, 2014 07:33 AM EDT

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spills Cause Development Abnormalities in Tunas: NOAA

Crude oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, the largest marine oil spill in the history of the Unites States, is known to have caused developmental abnormalities in the bluefin and yellowfin tunas, NOAA said in new finding.

Mar 24, 2014 11:10 AM EDT

'Chicken from Hell' Dinosaur, Anzu Wyliei, Could have Eaten Humans

Thanks to scientists from Carnegie and Smithsonian museums, as well as the University of Utah, they've discovered something quite interesting for its time: A 'chicken from hell' dinosaur. According to researchers, this sharp-clawed, 500 pound , bird-like dinosaur roamed the Dakotas with T. rex aroun...

Mar 24, 2014 10:43 AM EDT

UN Report Blames Extreme Weather Conditions on Man-Induced Climate Change

Monday, an annual assessment was released by the UN weather agency, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), stating that the majority of last year's extreme weather conditions in Asia, Europe and Pacific regions are from human-induced climate change.

Mar 24, 2014 03:54 AM EDT

Oldest Fossil of Modern African Venomous Snake Unearthed in Tanzania

Scientists have discovered what may be the fossilized evid4nce of Africa's venomous snakes that existed some 25 million years ago, according to a new finding.

Mar 24, 2014 04:09 AM EDT

Scientists Sequence the Loblolly Pine Genome, The Largest Ever

For the first a team of U.S. researchers have successfully sequenced the largest genome of loblolly pine, commercially most important tree species, according to a new finding.

Mar 22, 2014 10:22 PM EDT

Iron Fertilization Cools Ice Age Climate

Researchers from ETH Zurich and Princeton University have confirmed that iron fertilization caused the plankton population to thrive in a region of the Southern Ocean during the last ice age.

Mar 21, 2014 01:56 PM EDT

Sea Snakes Survive on Fresh Water Alone

Every living creature thrives on water as part of their daily life to survive. And though most animals prefer fresh water to salt, some sea creatures may choose salt water resources over others.

Mar 20, 2014 11:48 PM EDT

Can Bleach Help Solve the Origin of Life in the Primordial Soup?

A chemical found in hair bleach may help answer questions about the origins of life and explain why new life does not emerge on modern Earth.

Mar 19, 2014 10:51 PM EDT

Sensors Based On a Lobster 'Nose' May Someday Sniff Out Landmines

Scientists in Florida studying the way lobsters sniff around for food on the sea floor say they have found a clue to developing technology that could help soldiers detect landmines and hidden explosives from a safer distance than current technology allows.

Mar 20, 2014 03:41 AM EDT

Stick Insect Fossil Discovered in China Showed Ability to Mimic Leaves

A team of international scientists have recently unearthed e fossil of the oldest known stick insect that displayed a natural ability to mimic the plants in its surrounding, mostly for defence purpose.