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Sorry, Da Vinci Code buffs—still no whiskers to be found on the Apostle John (Mary Magalene?), even in the hair-raisingly precise 16-billion-pixel image.

October 30, 2007
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Extremely rare full-body impressions of salamander-like creatures that lived 330 million years ago were presented today.

October 30, 2007
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Hurricanes, rising sea levels, and mismanagement wear away at these ten endangered East Coast beaches, scientists said yesterday.

October 29, 2007
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Sumatran orangutans, Miss Waldron's red colobuses, and Peruvian yellow-tailed woolly monkeys are among the world's most endangered primates, according to a new report.

October 26, 2007
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Sumatran orangutans, Miss Waldron's red colobuses, and Peruvian yellow-tailed woolly monkeys are among the world's most endangered primates, according to a new report.

October 26, 2007
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A "flying" shark, a cheeky monkey, and a Pollock-esque elephant image are among the winners of the 2007 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest.

October 26, 2007
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A medieval church on wheels, a Great Wall fashion show, and a Chinese moon mission are among the week's eye openers.

October 26, 2007
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The world's largest passenger airplane, the Airbus 380, made its maiden commercial flight from Singapore to Sydney, Australia, today.

October 25, 2007
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California's raging wildfires have also created hordes of animal evacuees, many of which have ended up at the county fairgrounds.

October 24, 2007
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Fueled by fierce desert winds, wildfires have charred at least 1,200 homes and forced more than 300,000 southern Californians to evacuate.

October 23, 2007
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Fossilized tracks recently discovered in southern Australia are proof that large, meat-eating dinosaurs once roamed Antarctica a hundred million years ago, scientists say.

October 23, 2007
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Knights Templar secrets revealed, Muslims observe Eid-al-Fitr, Thai vegetarian festival, more.

October 19, 2007
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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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