Old bones unearth new date for giant deer's last stand
...ons caused by climate change has revealed that the giant deer, previously thought to have been wiped out by...when radiocarbon dated, revealed that the Eurasian giant deer survived to 7,000 years ago, much later than previously thought. Giant deer first appeared abo...New Royal Society journal studies
...d years ago, New Zealand hosted several species of giant flightless birds (similar to emu), collectively known as the moa. Their demise following the arrival of humans to New Zealand has been widely documented, but a long standing controversy is whether moa were already in decline prior to human settlement...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory
...entists study their data and view simulations on a giant screen at the Center for Computational Sciences. The 8-by-30-foot power wall makes possible detailed study and collaborations in astrophysics, chemistry, climate, combustion, fusion, high-energy physics, life sciences, material science, nanotechnolog...Declining fish supply linked to wildlife consumption in West Africa, Science study reports
...imates, big cats, elephants, antelope, porcupines, giant snails, tiny songbirds and most any other wild land animal from the tropics that hunters kill and sell or consume themselves can be considered bushmeat. The multi-billion dollar bushmeat industry is a key contributor to local economies throughout t...Researchers probe marine mysteries off the Alaskan coast
...rmous undersea landslide in the area unleashed the giant tsunami. The new images, however, counter this explanation by showing no evidence of such a large landslide. "We found seafloor evidence that will cause tsunami modelers to rethink the cause and characteristics of the 1946 tsunami," said Tony R...Science to restore the nation's ecosystems
...ce. Similarly, four post-1840 earthquakes produced giant waves that removed all vegetation from more than a thousand acres of shoreline. GLBA is one of the best locations on Earth to study natural landscape evolution and ecosystem development. In spite of its remote location, the area has an extensive phot...Scientists uncover clues to the mystery of 'gene deserts'
...I and LBNL scientists were recently able to remove giant chunks of gene desert DNA - whole chapters in the "book of life" - from laboratory mice with no apparent effect on the animals. Many of the deleted sequences are shared by mice and humans, and thus may have no function in humans as well. In an ef...NASA finds trees and insect outbreaks affect carbon dioxide levels
...rts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Texas into a giant 'dust bowl' in the 1930s. In response, the 1937 'Shelterbelt Project' involved the planting of trees to reduce erosion and provide relief from the biting winds that blew soil from farms and drove people west to California. Now, almost 75 years later,...Hummingbirds lose power at high altitudes
...lier results, the world's largest hummingbird, the giant hummingbird (Patagona gigas), stood out on its own, perhaps indicating that it has taken its own evolutionary path away from the other hummingbirds. It grows as large as 26 grams nearly an ounce and almost twice as large as the next largest bird at ...New technique for tracking gene regulators
...n the research. "It's as if we have in our hands a giant book of life, but we are barely beginning to learn how to read it." "Our technique gives us a new way to index the code, to find the places where regulators act -- where the on/off switches are that determine which genes are at work in different type...The giant eagle of Middle Earth
...nd landscape masquerading as Mordor. The image of giant eagles flying around New Zealand, while fanciful, ...ies shed new light on the evolution of the extinct giant eagle that once ruled the skies in New Zealand. Before human settlement 700 years ago, New Zealand ...Ancient DNA helps solve the legend of giant eagles
...on the evolution of the extinct Haast's eagle, the giant bird that once ruled the skies over New Zealand. W...enticity." The results showed that the New Zealand giant was in fact related to one of the world's smallest eagles the Little Eagle from Australia and New G...Dietary Guidelines Alliance offers tools to help consumers understand new nutrition guidance
...u do over time, since small steps work better than giant leaps. Be Adventurous: Expand your tastes to enjoy a variety of new foods. Be Flexible: Go ahead and balance what you eat and the physical activity you do over several days, instead of worrying about just one meal or one day. Be Sensible: Enjo...New research shows in the animal world, it pays to be an imposter
WOODS HOLE, MA--For the giant Australian cuttlefish, mating is a complicated und... ability to mimic is part of their genetic makeup, giant Australian cuttlefish use neural control to instantly change their skin patterning, posture, and tac...Arid Australian interior linked to landscape burning by ancient humans
... research group's previous findings that dozens of giant animal species went extinct in Australia roughly 50,000 years ago due to ecosystem changes caused by human burning. The new study indicates such burning may have altered the flora enough to decrease the exchange of water vapor between the biosphere ...New monkey species name to be auctioned
...de its border live healthy populations of jaguars, giant river otters, over 1,000 bird species and many varieties of rare orchids and other unique plants. According to Wallace, very little is known about the new monkey except that it stands about a foot tall, weighs two pounds and likes fruit. In the mor......akes the negatively charged electron cloud perform giant oscillations around the positively charged atomic ...by turning the atoms into antennas. Because of the giant amplitude of their oscillations, these radiate waves not only at the wavelength of the driving laser...Plants respond similarly to signals from friends, enemies
...he formation of either nodules housing bacteria or giant cells from which the nematodes feed. The scientist... Root-knot nematodes form feeding cells so-called giant cells in the plant and later galls or knots on it. "We don't know the precise structure of Nematode...New dinosaur raptor found; First in Southern Hemisphere
...ry, the Earth of 90 million years ago featured two giant supercontinents -- one called Laurasia that eventually split into Europe, Asia, and North America, and another called Gondwana that became Australia, Africa, Antarctica, and South America. Because Neuquenraptor was found in Patagonia, it must have li...Protein analysis of amniotic fluid reveals clues about preterm birth
...n or decidual hemorrhage. This research takes us a giant step forward into mapping out the mechanisms of preterm birth and perhaps finding new ways to attack the problem." Dr. Weiner notes that for the women whose amniotic fluid did not contain the protein biomarkers, cerclage helped them carry their preg...