Researcher Uncovers New Species Of Fungus In Wisconsin Lake
...northern Wisconsin, there lives a newly identified creature withdangling appendages. No need to fear it, howe... organism is microscopicand prefers cattails. The creature is a new species of fungus that has been named Phomatosporamuskellungensis after both the muskie, ...New Species Of Winged Dinasaur Named For Yale Professor
... birds are descended from dinosaurs. Newsthat the creature had been named for him caused Ostrom to laugh with delight. Dubbed Rahona ostromi ("Ostrom's menace from the clouds"), the fossil isthought to date back 65 million to 70 million years, to about the time dinosaursfaced mass extinction. It was......e Alvarezsauridae. This group (which includes the creature called Mononykus),is of special interest because it provides further evidence in support of thetheory that birds evolved from dinosaurs and reveals an advanced stage in thistransition. Numerous physical characteristics in the fossil skulls show that......Cataglyphis, was long hailed as the mostheat-hardy creature on Earth, capable of foraging for brief periods under ablazing midday sun, when temperatures soar to 131 degrees F. Then, Frenchresearchers reported spotting a Pompeii worm in water nearly twice as hot(221°F/105°C). But, Cary says, that expos......AFAYETTE, Ind. -- The medicinal leech, a worm-like creature once used by doctors to bleed patients, now is being used to draw clues on how a common protein may help promote neural regeneration. Purdue University biologist Christie Sahley and research assistant Orie Shafer have found that nitric oxide synthase...