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Category Archives: Natural History

Now you’re cookin’

October 23, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

How did we get to be so smart? Not to sound arrogant, but intellect is one of our most valuable features for survival and, compared to other species, we have […]

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Natural History, Science News

An ancient attack frozen in time

October 9, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

A 100-million year old wasp saw its final moments in the waiting jaws of an orb-weaver spider, but things didn’t exactly play out that way. Just as the juvenile spider […]

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Animals, Natural History, Science News

Mammoth remains found by an 11-year-old boy

October 5, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Zhenya Salinder was out walking his dogs in Sopochnaya Karga, Siberia when he came upon the 1,100 lb animal. It took five days for researchers to unearth the mammoth, which they […]

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Animals, Natural History, Science News

New dinosaur species discovered after 50 years at Harvard

October 4, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

It waited 200 million years in the South African hills to be dug up, then waited 50 odd more in a collection of forgotten fossils at Harvard University. Paleontologist and […]

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Animals, Natural History, Science in Chicago, Science News

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