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And then there was one. The last known Rabb’s fringe-limbed tree frog ( Ecnomiohyla rabborum ) now lives by himself at Zoo Atlanta in Georgia after the zoo euthanized the only other member of its species

About 300 million years ago, volcanic ash buried a tropical forest located in what is now Inner Mongolia, much like it did the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. [More]

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STINSON BEACH, Calif. -- The Pacific Ocean laps against a seaside property in the small Northern California town.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto/vladacanon Scary antibiotic-resistant infections aren’t just lurking in the hospital anymore. They’re in gyms, at the beach , and increasingly, on the farm. [More]

By Declan Butler of Nature magazine After weeks of debate, two controversial papers describing forms of the H5N1 avian influenza virus capable of transmitting between mammals should be published in full. [More]

By Sharon Levy of Nature magazine During the Ice Age, Earth's northern reaches were covered by chilly, arid grasslands roamed by mammoths, woolly rhinoceros and long-horned bison.

A monitoring program for more than 100 bird species that winter in North America [More]

By Neal Ungerleider TASER, best known for their electric shock guns, has a new product: Tiny, sunglass-mounted cameras that upload live footage from a cop's P.O.V. [More]

By now, you have probably heard the call by democrats and environmentalists to end the $4 billion in subsidies for big oil.

New research points to an ancient energy tradeoff that meant more fuel for brains, and less fuel for muscles. Human brain [More]

Chances are that if you are reading this, you have a private flush toilet a few steps from your bed. Your commode is more reliable than your mobile connection, and likely will outlast all of your home appliances. Yet huge tracts of the developing world have yet to see so much as a latrine, a situation that facilitates the spread of debilitating or even deadly diarrheal diseases .

Squid can save energy by flying rather than swimming, according to calculations based on high-speed photography. [More]

By Andrew Quinn LOS CABOS, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico and the United States signed an agreement on Monday to help U.S.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto/sjlocke The number of people who die from HIV-related causes each year in the U.S. is now down to about 12,700 from a peak of more than 50,000 in the mid-1990s thanks to condom education and distribution campaigns, increased testing and improved treatments.