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An overlooked pink species of land iguana in the Galápagos . 2008. G. Gentile et. al. PNAS. Published online before print January 5, 2009. P...

July 22, 1822 – Jan. 6, 1884 From Today In Science History : Mendel was an Austrian pioneer in the study of heredity. He spent his adult li...

Jan. 6, 1906 - Jan. 19 2000. From the U Calif., Berkeley : Along with Dobzhansky (1900 - 1975), animal systematist Ernst Mayr , and paleont...

Jack King (1895-1958) was an American animator best known for his work at Walt Disney Productions where he directed many classic Donald Du...

Jan. 1, 1919 - July 5, 1948 One Million B.C. Born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste, Carole quit school at 15 go into show business. She had bit p...

A primitive Late Pliocene cheetah, and evolution of the cheetah lineage . 2008. P. Christiansen and J. H. Mizak. PNAS. Published online befo...

Each year the National Film Preservation Board of The Library of Congress names 25 films to the National Film Registry, a collection of movi...

Neanderthal Extinction by Competitive Exclusion . 2008. W.E. Banks, et al PLoS ONE 3(12): e3972. Art by Roy Krenkel Neanderthal populations ...

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A dinosaur fossil field discovered this year in eastern China appears to be the largest in the world, a paleontologist told Xinhua on Monday...

From National Geographic , based on their “most read” articles. Number 1 is the “ancient Praying Mantis found in amber. Our friend Jorn Hur...

A thin-shelled reptile from the Late Triassic of North America and the origin of the turtle shell . 2008. W. Joyce, et. al. Proc. Royal Soc....

Dec. 28, 1894 – Nov. 5, 1973 ”Romer was director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University until his retirement in 1961 an...

From 1958; Aquaman © DC Comics Click To Enlarge Never the brightest of heroes, poor Aquaman doesn’t realize that he can’t control these ‘sea...

From Today In Science History : In 1831, Charles Darwin set sail from Plymouth harbour on his voyage of scientific discovery aboard the HMS ...

Caveman Triquitrán is given a potion that puts him to sleep on his wedding night. A volcanic eruption buries him, leaving him in suspended a...

Two-phase increase in the maximum size of life over 3.5 billion years reflects biological innovation and environmental opportunity . 2008. J...

On this day in 1924 Raymond Dart finished preparing the first fossil skull of Australopithecus africanus . Known as the “ Taung child ”, he ...

With the fantastic success of “ King Kong ”, RKO tried to cash in by rushing this sequel into production and release within the same year (...

The Fleischer Brothers , Max and Dave, made some of the greatest animated cartoons an audience ever watched with their Inkwell Studios betwe...