AMNH Science News Feed http://www.amnh.org/science/ New research and special science news stories from the American Museum of Natural History en American Museum of Natural History 2009 Mon, 22 June 2009 15:00 EDT Mon, 22 June 2009 15:00 EDT http://www.google.com/support/feedburner/bin/answer.py?answer=79408 BE A BEE WATCHER THE GREAT POLLINATOR PROJECT RECRUITS CITIZEN SCIENTISTS FOR THE THIRD YEAR http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/bee_watcher.php June 2009 Mon, 22 June 2009 15:00 EDT AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY JOINS NATIONAL EFFORT TO TRANSFORM MATH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION AS RECOMMENDED BY NEW CARNEGIE CORPORATION COMMISSION REPORT URBAN ADVANTAGE SCIENCE EDUCATION INITIATIVE HIGHLIGHTED IN COMMISSION REPORT http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/amnh_carnegie_comm.php June 2009 Wed, 10 June 2009 18:00 EDT AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY HAS ANNOUNCED 2009 YOUNG NATURALIST AWARDS WINNERS TWELVE STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA INCLUDE THREE REPEAT WINNERS FROM TEXAS, MARYLAND, AND NEW YORK http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/young_naturalist_winners_2009.php May 2009 Fri, 29 May 2009 18:00 EDT WIPING OUT THE WORLD'S MASS MIGRATIONS FIRST ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF HABITAT CHANGES ON MIGRATING GRAZERS http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/grant_migration_2009.php May 2009 Sun, 31 May 2009 10:00 EDT SMART AND SOCIAL? Comprehensive Analysis Questions Link Between Sociality and Brain Increase in Carnivores http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/social.php May 2009 Fri, 29 May 2009 10:00 EDT NEW ANALYSIS SHOWS 'HOBBITS' COULDN'T HUSTLE The Feet of Homo Floresiensis Were Primitive But Not Pathological http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/harcourt_hobbit.php May 2009 Thu, 7 May 2009 15:00 EDT MUSEUM SPECIMENS AID CONSERVATION EFFORT IN MADAGASCAR Records Test Competing Theories About the Evolution of Local Species http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/local_species.php April 2009 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:00 EDT DIGGING UP EVIDENCE OF 400-YEAR-OLD GLOBAL TRADE AND WEALTH Largest 17th Century Bead Repository Found in Coastal Georgia First Evidence of Spanish Beadmaking http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/beads.php April 2009 Thu, 9 Apr 2009 13:30 EDT THE NAMES WITHIN THE NAMES AMNH scientists honored with an array of scientific names http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/species_names.php March 2009 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:00 EDT WAS TRICERATOPS A SOCIAL ANIMAL? Yes, According to a New Fossil Discovery in Montana's Homer Site http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/triceratops.php March 2009 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:00 EDT OLDEST FOSSIL BRAIN FOUND IN KANSAS Shark Relative that Lived 300 Million Years Ago Yields Very Rare Specimen http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/old_brain.php March 2009 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:00 EDT AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY TO UNVEIL DISPLAY OF SPECTACULAR OPALS http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/opals.php February 2009 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:06:00 EST 'GREAT SPECIATORS' EXPLAINED: IT'S INTRINSIC White Eyes Diversity Across a Hemispheric Range Faster than any Other Bird http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/speciation.php January 2009 Tue, 26 Jan 2009 09:49:00 EST MOVE OVER SPONGES New Evidence from the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics Confirms Placozoans Are the Closest Living Surrogate to the Ancestor of All Animals http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/metazoan.php January 2009 Tue, 26 Jan 2009 09:47:00 EST FISH OUT OF WATER New Species of Climbing Fish from Remote Venezuela Shakes the Catfish Family Tree http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/catfish.php January 2009 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:19:00 EST STUDIES IN REEF HEALTH Research by the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation During 2008, the International Year of the Reef http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/coral_reef.php January 2009 Tue, 14 Jan 2009 16:27:00 EST MICROSCOPIC MORPHOLOGY ADDS DETAIL TO SCORPION FAMILY TREE Atlas of Scanning Electron Microscope Images of the Book Lung Published by the American Museum of Natural History http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/scorpion_images.php January 2009 Mon, 13 Jan 2009 09:38:00 EST MALARIA FOUND IN AFRICAN RATS LINKED TO VIRULENT HUMAN FORM Amplifying Entire Mitochondrial Genomes Yields New Insight into Malarial Parasite Evolution http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/thicket_rats.php December 2008 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:23:00 EST COOKIE CUTTER IN THE SKY For the First Time, Scientists See that Material Flowing into Known Black Holes Looks Similar, No Matter How Massive the Black Hole http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/black_holes.php December 2008 Tues, 16 Dec 2008 11:40:00 EST GOOSE EGGS MAY HELP POLAR BEARS WEATHER CLIMATE CHANGE New Research from the American Museum of Natural History Highlights Polar Bears' Ability to Adapt to a Changing Arctic http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/polar_bears.php December 2008 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST DWARF CROCODILES SPLIT INTO THREE SPECIES Genetic Research with Conservation Implications from the AMNH's Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/dwarf_crocodile.php December 2008 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:00:00 EST DEATH BY HYPERDISEASE How DNA Detective Work Explains the Extinction of Christmas Island's Native Rats http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/mcphee_disease.php November 2008 Wed, 4 Nov 2008 20:00:00 EST REVEALING THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THREATENED SEA TURTLES New Research from the American Museum of Natural History Shows that Specialized Diets in Sea Turtles Arose Independently http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/seaturtles.php October 2008 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EST SPECTACULAR RARE JADE SLAB WITH DRAMATIC WHORLS OF GREEN AND WHITE UNVEILED AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/jade_slab.php September 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:30:00 EST LUCK GAVE DINOSAURS THEIR EDGE Comparison to Competitors Shows that Early Dinosaurs Survived Two Mass Extinctions Without Special Traits http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/crurotarsan.php September 2008 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:00:00 EST IT'S 'OUT OF AMERICA' New Genetic Research on Ancient Bones Shows that The Last Woolly Mammoths Hailed from North America http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/mammoths.php September 2008 Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:30:00 EST SKY ISLANDS: METAPHOR OR MISNOMER High-Altitude Small Mammals of the Great Basin are not Completely Isolated http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/skyislands.php August 2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:30:00 EST BIG BRAINS AROSE TWICE IN HIGHER PRIMATES Scientists Discover That Large-Brained Simians of the New and Old Worlds Independently Arose from Smaller-Brained Ancestors http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/brainsize.php July 2008 Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:00:00 EST UNHEARD OF LIFE HISTORY FOR A VERTEBRATE Herpetologists Discover That A Malagasy Chameleon Spends Most Of Its Short Life In An Egg http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/chameleon.php June 2008 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:00:00 EST DUSTIER THAN EXPECTED Analysis of Meteorite found in India in 1940 Provides Clues to our Solar Systems Beginning http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/dust_clouds_062308.php June 2008 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:00:00 EST SPLITTING UP NORTH AMERICAS OLDEST COMMUNITY New Understanding of What Happened Among the Hopi of Orayvi http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/orayvi.php June 2008 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:00:00 EST BEYOND THE HONEY BEE Bee Species Outnumber Mammals and Birds as Newly Completed Checklists Highlight http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/bee_080611.php June 2008 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:00:00 EST CLIMATE CHANGE HASTENS EXTINCTION AS MALAGASY REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS MOVE UPHILL ACCORDING TO AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SCIENTIST http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/malagasy.php June 2008 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:00:00 EST SOLVING THE MYSTERY OF ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS Geneticists at the American Museum of Natural History Trace the Evolution of a Disease http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/stlouis.php May 2008 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 EST ANNOUNCING AN EXPEDITION BLOG FEATURING TWO AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SCIENTISTS The Hunt For New Species Of Social Wasps In Belize http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/belize_blog.php April 2008 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EST AMNH SCIENTISTS GRACE THE COVERS OF BOTH SCIENCE AND NATURE Papers Address Conservation of Tropical Biodiversity and Reorganization of the Tree of Life http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/science_nature.php April 2008 Thu, 11 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EST EVIDENCE OF A PLANET IN FORMATION? Astrophysicists Observe A Circumstellar Disk With Tell-Tale Signs of Planet Formation http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/planetformation_080326.php March 2008 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:00:00 EST RESEARCHERS FIND BATS EVOLVED ABILITY TO FLY BEFORE ECHOLOCATION Discovery of a fossil representing the most primitive bat species known to date demonstrates the animals evolved the ability to fly before they could echolocate http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/bat_fossil.php February 2008 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:00:00 EST PRIMITIVE EARLY RELATIVE OF ARMADILLOS HELPS REWRITE EVOLUTIONARY FAMILY TREE TWO-HUNDRED-POUND, ARMORED MAMMAL LIVED AT A TIME WHEN ANDES WERE ONE-FOURTH THEIR PRESENT HEIGHT http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/glyptodont.php December 2007 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:00:00 EST IRIDESCENT AMMONITE GOES ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM Dazzling iridescent fossil of an 80-million-year-old ammonite measuring two feet in diameter was discovered near Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/ammolite.php September 2007 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:00:00 EST Velociraptor had feathers FINDING BY AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY PALEONTOLOGISTS SHOWS EVEN LARGE DINOSAURS MAY HAVE BEEN FEATHERED http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/velociraptor_feathers.php September 2007 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:00:00 EST DINOSAUR FOSSIL SHOWING EARLY SIGNS OF MINIATURIZATION NECESSARY FOR FLIGHT FOUND BY AMNH PALEONTOLOGISTS http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/mahakala.php September 2007 Thu, 6 Sep 2007 01:00:00 EST New research by AMNH scientists and others provides insight into planet formation TWO FORCES ONCE THOUGHT TO HINDER, NOW FOUND TO AID GROWTH OF LARGE BODIES ORBITING STARS http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/planet_formation.php August 2007 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:00:00 EST Paleontologists examine the growth rings in fossilized dinosaur bones STUDY REVEALS TIMING OF PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL MATURITY AMONG DINOSAUR ANCESTORS TO BIRDS http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/dinosaur_maturity.php July 2007 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:00:00 EST Discovery challenges view of dinosaurs' sudden rise NEW FIND AT GHOST RANCH. NEW MEXICO, SHOWS DINOSAURS COEXISTED WITH THEIR PREDECESSORS FOR 15 TO 20 MILLION YEARS http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/ghost_ranch.php July 2007 Tue, 3 Jul 2007 12:00:00 EST Team to study bees native to New York City and the indigenous plants they pollinate. AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION ENLIST NEW YORKERS TO STUDY NATIVE BEES AND PLANTS http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/bee.php July 2007 Tue, 3 Jul 2007 12:00:00 EST The fossilized remains of two previously unknown, extinct penguin species found in Peru. NEW FOSSIL DISCOVERIES CHALLENGE ROLE OF CLIMATE IN EARLY PENGUIN DISTRIBUTION AND EVOLUTION http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/penguins.php June 2007 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:00:00 EST The fossilized remains of an extinct, shrew-like animal found in Mongolia NEW FOSSIL INDICATES ORIGIN AND RISE OF MODERN MAMMALS http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/novacek.php June 2007 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:00:00 EST Two American Museum of Natural History Anthropologists elected to prestigious science academies ANTHROPOLOGISTS ELECTED TO PRESTIGIOUS SCIENCE ACADEMIES http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/academies.php June 2007 Wed, 6 Jun 2007 05:00:00 EST American Museum of Natural History Scientists help demonstrate that protecting fish species can help coral reefs recover PROTECTING FISH SPECIES CAN HELP CORAL REEFS RECOVER http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/coral.php May 2007 Tue, 15 May 2007 01:00:00 EST The American Museum of Natural History shows that medicinal leeches misclassified for centuries MEDICINAL LEECHES ARE LIKELY THREE SPECIES INSTEAD OF ONE http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/leeches.php April 2007 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST American Museum of Natural History unveils spectacular new mineral specimen GLITTERING HALF-TON STIBNITE SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION BY CHINESE MINERS http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/stibnite.php April 2007 Thu, 5 Apr 2007 01:00:00 EST Study Finds That Present-Day Mammals Diversified Long After Dinosaurs Went Extinct SCIENTIST CONTRIBUTES TO FIRST "SUPERTREE" OF MAMMALS http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/mammals.php March 2007 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:00:00 EST Scientist helps prove theory about Evolution of "Dwarf" Novae IMAGES REVEAL LARGEST KNOWN REMNANT OF MASSIVE NOVA EXPLOSION http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/dwarf_novae.php March 2007 Wed, 7 Mar 2007 01:00:00 EST Discovery of Gliding Mesozoic Mammal Fossil SMALL FURRY MAMMAL WAS CAPABLE OF GLIDING FLIGHT http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/gliding_mammal.php October 2006 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:00:00 EST New Species of Dwarf Buffalo FINDING PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO DIMINUTIVE SPECIES ON ISLANDS http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/dwarf_buffalo.php October 2006 Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:00:00 EST Carnivorous Coelophysis Dinosaur fossil re-examined PALEONTOLOGISTS OVERTURN CLAIM THAT 'CANNIBALISTIC' DINOSAUR ATE ITS OWN http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/coelophysis.php September 2006 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:00:00 EST First fossil-bearing amber discovered in western amazonian basin FINDING IN THE WESTERN AMAZON SUGGESTS 15-MILLION-YEAR-OLD PALEOENVIRONMENT SIMILAR TO MODERN RAIN FOREST http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/amber.php September 2006 Wed, 6 Sep 2006 12:00:00 EST Venomous fish species found to be widespread BIOLOGISTS ESTIMATE 1,200 VENOMOUS FISH SPECIES http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/venomous_fish.php August 2006 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:00:00 EST 110-million-year-old spider web FINDING SHOWS SPIDERS AFFECTED EVOLUTION OF EARLY INSECTS http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/spider.php June 2006 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:00:00 EST Discovery of rare jade PRE-COLUMBIAN JADE AXES UNEARTHED IN ANTIGUA http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/jadeite.php June 2006 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:00:00 EST Vietnam: A Natural History AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SCIENTISTS PEN MILESTONE BOOK http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/vietnam.php May 2006 Fri, 26 May 2006 12:00:00 EST Charles S. Spencer AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ARCHAEOLOGIST ELECTED TO AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/spencer.php May 2006 Fri, 5 May 2006 12:00:00 EST Amphibians BIOLOGISTS COMPLETE LARGEST EVER TREE OF LIFE FOR ALL LIVING AMPHIBIANS: LANDMARK PROJECT INVOLVED EXTENSIVE WORK IN MUSEUM'S GENOMICS LABS http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/amphibians.php April 2006 Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:00:00 EST Odd Sauropod LONG-NECKED, ODDLY PROPORTIONED SAUROPOD REPORTED: A SINGLE VERTEBRA MEASURES NEARLY TWO FEET LONG http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/odd_sauropod.php March 2006 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:00:00 EST Oldest Tyrannosaur OLDEST-KNOWN TYRANNOSAUR REPORTED: 160-million-year-old predatory dinosaur had large, fragile crest on its head http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/oldest_tyrannosaur.php February 2006 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:00:00 EST Bahamian coral reefs BIG FISH, SMALL FISH, REEF THRIVE WITHIN CARIBBEAN MARINE PARK: Marine Reserve in the Bahamas Benefits Fish Predators, Prey, and the Reef http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/parrotfish.php January 2006 Fri, 6 Jan 2006 02:00:00 EST Bipedal Crocodilian TOOTHLESS CROCODILE RELATIVE, 210 MILLION YEARS OLD, WALKED ON TWO FEET: Strongly Resembles Bird-Like Dinosaurs http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/crocodile.php January 2006 Fri, 6 Jan 2006 02:00:00 EST Mammoth Genome BIOLOGIST AND COLLEAGUES DECODE LONGEST DNA SEQUENCE EVER OF WOOLLY MAMMOTH: Finding demonstrates that sequence of entire Woolly Mammoth genome is within reach http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/mammoth_genome.php December 2005 Wed, 7 Dec 2005 04:00:54 EST Island Biodiversity FINDING OVERTURNS EARLIER ASSUMPTION THAT ISLANDS ARE EVOLUTIONARY DEAD-ENDS: Suggests Conservationists bring greater focus to island flora and fauna http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/bird_biodiversity.php November 2005 Mon, 7 Nov 2005 05:15:54 EST Earliest Rabbit Fossil EARLIEST RABBIT FOSSIL FOUND: Suggests modern mammal group emerged as Dinosaurs faced extinction http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/rabbit.php Feburary 2005 Wed, 8 Feb 2006 02:30:00 EST Dino-Eating Mammal EARLY MAMMALS FED ON YOUNG DINOSAURS: Juvenile Psittacosaur found in Belly of Primitive Mammal http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/mesozoic_mammal.php January 2005 Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:54:54 EST Sleeping Troodontid FIRST EVER FOSSIL OF SLEEPING DINOSAUR FOUND IN CHINA: Suggests Some Dinosaurs were Warm-Blooded like Birds http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/sleeping.php October 2004 Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:54:54 EST Feathered Tyrannosaur NEWLY DISCOVERED PRIMITIVE TYRANNOSAUR FOUND TO BE FEATHERED: Underscores Evolutionary Links among Living Birds and Non-Avian Dinosaurs http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/feathered_tyrannosaur.php October 2004 Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:50:54 EST