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Apr 18, 2013 05:00 PM ET // Jennifer Viegas
A new meat-loving dinosaur, "Lonely Small Bandit," fills a gap in Madagascar's dinosaur records. ->
Mar 18, 2013 03:07 PM ET // Jennifer Viegas
Scientists have revived the genome of an extinct Australian frog that gave birth through its mouth. ->
Feb 20, 2013 12:44 PM ET // Jennifer Viegas
Plant and animal matter is retrieved from the 350-million-year-old remains of aquatic sea creatures. ->
Apr 15, 2010 05:05 PM ET // Jorge Ribas
The active search for the long-lost bird of science and myth -- the ivory-billed woodpecker -- is officially ending. At least it is for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. "The preliminary conclusion we've come up with at this point is that it's unlikely that there are recoverable populations of ivory-...
Jun 22, 2011 10:02 AM ET // Tim Wall
Aircraft designers are finding the beauty of a crest is matched with aerodynamic ability.
May 3, 2011 08:28 AM ET // Tim Wall
A non-native species of tortoise is proving a good substitute for extinct native seed dispersers in Mauritius.
Oct 27, 2011 02:07 PM ET // Tim Wall
The two-foot tall imperial woodpecker went extinct in the late 20th century, but a recently re-discovered video shows what the planet has lost.