Duck : Discovery News

Trees Made in the Shade, Ducks in Trouble With Warming

Posted Wed Feb 3, 2010 09:51 AM ET | 0

Trees are growing faster as the climate warms, but ducks may be in worse shape as wetlands dry up. Read more

Cavemen Roasted Birds, Too

Posted by Jennifer Viegas Wed Nov 25, 2009 03:30 PM ET | 0

Although the first Thanksgiving was held in 1621, humans were roasting birds long before then. Read more

Human, Ape Ancestor Hails From Asia: Discovery News

Posted Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:28 AM ET

The fossil of a big-toothed primate suggests humans, apes and monkeys evolved from an ancestor in Asia. Read more

Africa's Oldest Chimp, a Conservation Icon, Dies : Discovery News

Posted Wed Dec 24, 2008 03:04 AM ET

A 66-year-old chimpanzee named Gregoire has died of natural causes in the Republic of Congo. Read more

Exotic Dancers, Armadillos Top Ig Nobel List: Discovery News

Posted Fri Oct 3, 2008 06:19 AM ET

Authorities in rugged eastern California say a hiker has found items possibly belonging to missing adventurer Steve Fossett. Read more

NASA Solar Probe to Fly to Sun: Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Mon Jun 16, 2008 08:29 AM ET

For more than 400 years, astronomers have studied the sun from afar. Now NASA has decided to go there. Read more

Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Wed May 7, 2008 12:19 PM ET

Arguably the oddest beast in Nature's menagerie, the platypus looks as if were assembled from spare parts left over after the animal kingdom was otherwise complete. Read more

Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Thu Feb 7, 2008 08:46 AM ET

Modern birds likely first emerged around 100 million years ago, well before dinosaurs became extinct, according to a new genetic study that indicates birds have been around for a lot longer than previously thought. Read more

Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Mon Oct 22, 2007 07:59 AM ET

Close relatives of the platypus, a semi-aquatic mammal that is so unusual scientists at first thought it was a hoax, emerged much earlier than previously thought, scientists announced recently. Read more

Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Fri Oct 19, 2007 08:55 AM ET

The "Arnold Schwarzenegger" of duck-billed dinosaurs, representing a bulky, toothy new species, has just been identified from fossils excavated at Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Read more

Discovery News : Discovery Channel

Posted Fri Oct 19, 2007 08:55 AM ET

Scientists who discovered that Viagra helps hamsters overcome jet lag and a Japanese researcher who extracted vanilla flavoring from cow dung won top honors Thursday at the 17th annual Ig Nobel Awards. Read more