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Chimps Prefer Nests Made of Ugandan Ironwood, New Research Finds

A male chimpanzee at the Toro-Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda. Image credit: © Caroline Deimel, 2012
Apr 18, 2014 by News Staff

Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) select a certain type of wood to make their nests, says a team of biologists from the United States. A male chimpanzee at the Toro-Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda. Image credit: © Caroline Deimel, 2012 Daily construction of a nest is a universal behavior among large-bodied hominoids. Among chimpanzees, most populations select certain tree species to sleep in more frequently than other, but the reason for selecting a...

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Newly discovered features at Ostia. Satellite imagery courtesy of Digital Globe Inc.

New Finds at Ancient Roman City of Ostia

Apr 18, 2014 by News Staff

Archaeological activities at the site of the ancient city of Ostia have yielded new and exciting finds. Newly discovered features at Ostia. Satellite imagery...

This artistic concept shows Kepler-186f. Image credit: NASA Ames / SETI Institute / JPL-CalTech.

Kepler-186f: Potentially Habitable Earth-like Exoplanet Found

Apr 18, 2014 by News Staff

A large team of astronomers has announced the discovery of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of Kepler-186. This artistic concept...

Bitcoin-based coin. Image credit: CASASCIUS / CC BY 3.0.

Bitcoin: Linguists Name Nick Szabo as Likely Creator of Cryptocurrency

Apr 18, 2014 by News Staff

According to a team of forensic linguists from Aston University in Birmingham, UK, a mysterious creator of the digital currency Bitcoin is most likely...

Lophiaris silverarum. Image credit: K. Silvera / University of California, Riverside.

Lophiaris silverarum: New Species of Orchid Discovered in Panama

Apr 18, 2014 by News Staff

Biologists from the United States and Mexico have described a new orchid species from a mountainous area in central Panama. Lophiaris silverarum. Image...

Abour 3 million years ago, Greenland looked like the green Alaskan tundra. Image credit: Jerseygal2009 / CC BY-ND 2.0.

2.7-Million-Year-Old Forested Landscape Discovered under Greenland Ice Sheet

Apr 17, 2014 by News Staff

U.S. geologists have discovered what they say is a Pleistocene landscape preserved about 3 km beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet. Abour 3 million years ago,...

This is an artist's reconstruction of Eocasea martini. Image credit: Danielle Dufault.

Eocasea martini: Scientists Discover Oldest Known Ancestor of Land Herbivores

Apr 17, 2014 by News Staff

Eocasea martini, a carnivorous animal that lived in what is today Kansas during Carboniferous period, about 300 million years ago, is the oldest known...

Great white shark at Isla Guadalupe, Mexico, August 2006. Image credit: Terry Goss / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ozarcus mapesae: Fossil Species Reveals Sharks aren’t Living Fossils

Apr 17, 2014 by News Staff

Paleontologists from the American Museum of Natural History have described a shark species that lived during Carboniferous period, about 325 million years...

This new image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-m telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile shows the star formation region Gum 41. Image credit: ESO.

Astronomers Capture New Image of Nebula Gum 41

Apr 16, 2014 by News Staff

Astronomers using the MPG/ESO 2.2-m telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile, have captured a new image of the little-known nebula Gum 41. This new...

Reconstruction of the Daohugou fauna featuring feathered dinosaurs, pterosaurs, early mammals and amphibians among others. Image credit: Julia Molnar.

Doahugou Biota: Study Describes 30 Species from Jurassic of China

Apr 16, 2014 by News Staff

A new paper published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology describes 30 Jurassic creatures – five salamanders, one anuran, two lizards, 13 pterosaurs,...

Asbestopluma monticola. Image credit: Lundsten L et al / MBARI.

Four New Species of Carnivorous Sponges Discovered in Pacific Ocean

Apr 15, 2014 by News Staff

Marine biologists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and three Canadian research organizations have described four new species of...

This image, taken with the Cassini's narrow angle camera on April 15, 2013, shows an extended object 10 km beyond the edge of the Saturn’s A ring. Image credit: Carl D. Murray et al.

Peggy: Cassini Spots Birth of Saturn’s New Icy Moon

Apr 15, 2014 by News Staff

Scientists from NASA’s Cassini mission are intrigued by the likely presence of a previously undetected small icy body within the rings of Saturn,...

Ouachita Streambed Salamander (Eurycea subfluvicola). Image credit: Mike Steffen / University of Tulsa.

Eurycea subfluvicola: New Species of Salamander Discovered in Arkansas

Apr 15, 2014 by Sergio Prostak

Herpetologists from the University of Tulsa and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission have described a new species of salamander from Lake Catherine State...

Canis lupus, Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald, Deutschland. Image credit: Martin Mecnarowski, www.photomecan.eu / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Genetic Study Points to Recent Wolf-Dog Hybridization in Caucasus

Apr 14, 2014 by News Staff

According to a team of genetic scientists from the Ilia State University’s Institute of Ecology in Tbilisi, Georgia, hybridization of wolves (Canis...

Left: Red panda. Image credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 Right: Giant panda Bai Yun with a cub, Xiao Liwu, at the San Diego Zoo in December 2013. Image credit: San Diego Zoo.

Study Reveals Key Differences in Skulls of Red and Giant Panda

Apr 14, 2014 by News Staff

A new study on the skulls of Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) and Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), published in the journal Biology Letters, offers explanation...

Prehistoric Harvestmen Had Two Pairs of Eyes

Apr 11, 2014 by News Staff

A 305-million-year-old fossil found in eastern France reveals that primitive harvestmen had two sets of eyes rather than one. Reconstruction of Hastocularis...

Using a technique called microlensing, astronomers discovered what could be either a moon and a planet - or a planet and a star. This artist's conception depicts the planet-moon scenario. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Astronomers Discover First Exomoon Candidate

Apr 11, 2014 by News Staff

Astronomers using telescopes in New Zealand and Tasmania say they have observed an extrasolar moon candidate orbiting an object called MOA-2011-BLG-262. Using...

Ichnological record of animal-matground interactions across the transition between Ediacaran, left, and Cambrian, right, periods. Image credit: Luis A. Buatois et al.

Study Sheds Light on Life during Ediacaran-Cambrian Transition

Apr 11, 2014 by News Staff

A study led by Prof Luis Buatois from the University of Saskatchewan provides new evidence to understand the development of life at Ediacaran-Cambrian...

Gusev crater once held a lake. Image credit: NASA / JPL / Sci-News.com.

Study Reveals New Evidence for Ancient Lake in Gusev Crater on Mars

Apr 10, 2014 by News Staff

An analysis of old data from NASA’s Spirit Rover has revealed new evidence for an ancient lake in the Red Planet’s Gusev crater. Gusev crater once...

Petrocephalus boboto from Yangambi, Congo River, Democratic Republic of Congo. Scale bar – 1 cm. Image credit: Lavoué S, Sullivan JP.

Two New Electric Fish Species Discovered in Democratic Republic of Congo

Apr 10, 2014 by News Staff

Petrocephalus boboto and Petrocephalus arnegardi, two new species of weakly electric fish, have been described from the Congo River. Petrocephalus boboto...

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