Car-sized rat fossile found in Uruguay

"Scientists have unearthed the skull of a giant prehistoric rat -- a car-sized behemoth that roamed South America four million years ago, according to a study published in Wednesday`s Proceedings of the Royal...

The late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is being honoured with a new wildlife r...

"Steve Honoured With Wildlife Reserve Updated: 09:27, Monday July 23, 2007 The late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is being honoured with a new wildlife reserve in the Australian outback. A 333,000-acre chunk of land, near Weipa in the far north of Irwin's home state of...

Bizarre New Deep-Sea Creatures Found Off Antarctica

"A treasure trove of more than 700 new species has been uncovered in the dark depths of oceans surrounding Antarctica, researchers report. (See a photo gallery of the finds.) Heart-shaped sea urchins, carnivorous...

Ancient mystery creature now named by researchers

Edmonton - For the first time, researchers at the University of Alberta have been able to put a name and a description to an ancient mammal that still defies classification.The findings, published recently in the...

La. volunteers rescue carnivorous plants (AP)

" NEW ORLEANS - With bulldozers threatening small carnivores north of New Orleans, volunteers headed to the rescue Saturday. There wasn't any chance that the targets might escape. The Nature Conservancy and nine volunteers from as far as Baton Rouge, 60 miles away, were out...

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