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A biologist has discovered what is believed to be the smallest snake species on record. It averages 10 cm in length and is about as thin as a strand of spaghetti. It has been found on the Caribbean island of...

Saudi Arabia is a very wealthy country because they produce lots and lots of oil... Bolivia may very well be on the way to becoming the next "wealthy" country because they have 50-70% of the world's "Lithium..." Lithium is a...

A salamander that looks like E.T. , a micosized frog smaller than a fingernail, and a spiny-crested grasshopper. Who says the age of exploration is dead? Conservation International and their scientists have come back with some startlingly vivid images of...

In Santiago, Chile the H1N1 swine flu is reported to have jumped species from humans to turkeys on two farms in Chile, according to the Associated Press, in an August 22, 2009 article, " Swine flu spreads to turkeys. "...

A possible new plague named "the 21st century plague" has been discovered by scientists, which jumps from rats to humans. It was first discovered in an American woman with an enlarged spleen who had recently travelled to Peru. Fears are...

Remains of a new species of dinosaur distantly related to Tyrannosaurus Rex have been discovered along the Colorado River in Argentina. The predator is 10 metres long and weighs about the size of an adult elephant. But what's most intriguing...

In this photo the Pelvis bone of a mammoth nicknamed 'Zed' that died during the last ice age. The bone was found at La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. The mammoth, dubbed "Zed" by researchers at the Page Museum...

Farewell to Jett Travolta, son of actor John Travolta, who was suffering from Kawasaki disease. So what is kawasaki disease all about? Kawasaki disease is an illness that involves the skin, mouth, and lymph nodes, and most often affects kids...

La empresa juguetera Berjuan en España ha desarrollado un nuevo prototipo de muñeca que dejó de un lado el biberón, hay que lactarla para que se “alimente”. Esta innovación “Bebé Glotón” trae consigo un particular...