1+ hour, 23+ min ago  (566+ words) The outback of South Australia has yielded a surprising chapter in the story of one of nature's oddest creatures. Paleontologists working east of the Flinders Ranges uncovered well-preserved remains of a toothed platypus that lived about 25 million years ago, revealing…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (433+ words) A tiny reptile that perished in an Oklahoma cave almost 289 million years ago is rewriting the story of how early land animals breathed and how soft tissues can survive through deep time. Researchers say the specimen, preserved in remarkable three-dimensional…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (838+ words) Sandstone cliffs above the Euphrates have long signaled the arrival of spring in southeastern Turkey, when the unmistakable shape of the bald ibis returns from Africa. Once a reliable seasonal sight and a local symbol, the bird's future became uncertain…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (486+ words) Thirty years after the eastern barred bandicoot vanished from mainland Australia, conservationists are quietly reintroducing a stronger, genetically healthier population back into the wild. The species" comeback is the result of a carefully designed "genetic rescue" that mixes two long-separated…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (488+ words) A fresh study from the University of Hawai'i at M'noa is rewriting a decades-old story about the fate of the islands" native waterbirds. After reanalyzing fossils, pollen records and the timing of species disappearances, researchers found little to support the…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago  (696+ words) A fossil that sat in a nodule for millions of years has rewritten a chapter of vertebrate history. Scientists have identified an egg containing an embryo of Lystrosaurus'an iconic, pig-sized survivor of the planet's worst extinction'offering the first direct proof…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago  (321+ words) The incident highlights how quickly everyday hazards'discarded tackle and fishing line'can threaten seabirds, and it underscores the role of trained volunteers and wildlife clinics in saving lives. Read on for a detailed look at how the rescue played out, who…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (453+ words) Employees at a Lowe's in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, got an unexpected surprise when a routine trip to the garden center turned into a rescue mission. While pulling a high pallet down from a shelf, workers heard soft cries that led them…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (1099+ words) The quiet of a New Mexico ranch was shattered recently when a hungry bear wandered in from the wild and came face-to-face with a senior family dog. What followed left the owners both shaken and grateful: the family's 12-year-old canine,…...

1+ mon, 23+ hour ago  (1196+ words) The future for one of Australia's most striking parrots has brightened after conservationists coaxed a palm cockatoo to raise a chick inside a man-made tree hollow. The small victory follows years of fieldwork and a creative collaboration that mimics the…...