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Ancient footprints discovered in Canada are the earliest known evidence of reptiles, providing insight into how amphibians evolved to live on land, researchers say.

October 18, 2007
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A warmer climate in Greenland has opened up new possibilities for economic development, but it may have negative effects on the island's native people, WWF says.

October 17, 2007
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Tiny squid, red jellyfish, and lantern fish are among the hundred exotic sea creatures pulled from the depths off the Philippines.

October 16, 2007
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A massive titanosaur recently unearthed in Argentina is one of the largest and most complete giant dinos ever discovered, experts say.

October 16, 2007
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Faint stars that formed as much as ten billion years ago reveal that a supposedly young galaxy is actually a "developmentally challenged" grown-up, astronomers say.

October 16, 2007
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Che remembered, rare animals pelts destroyed, and more.

October 12, 2007
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Odds are 50/50 that the dinosaur that left this mark was a Tyrannosaurus rex, says the scientist who announced the find. Whatever it was, it was big.

October 11, 2007
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The first set of highly detailed color images from a Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter camera will help scientists chose a landing site for a new rover due to be launched in 2009.

October 11, 2007
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The first ever high-resolution images of Iapetus have helped crack the mystery of its rare color scheme.

October 09, 2007
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Moon shuttles, rocket racers, and Mars bases are just some of the space highlights historians will commemorate 50 years from now, experts say.

October 5, 2007
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Typhoon lashes Vietnam, Russia remembers Sputnik, volcano blows in Yemen, and more.

October 5, 2007
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In a dramatic impact never before seen by scientists, a solar hurricane detached the Encke comet's plasma tail.

October 3, 2007
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Thousands of sparkling young stars are enveloped by the giant nebula NGC 3603, located in the Milky Way about 20,000 light-years away from our solar system.

October 2, 2007
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See the tragic results of a freak accident on an Kenyan river, and learn more about the animals' epic annual migration.

October 1, 2007
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Oktoberfest starts flowing, protesters march in Myanmar, Mars rover reaches a crater landmark, and more.

September 28, 2007

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