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Like humans, large dinos were sexually mature before they reached adult size, a new study says.

January 14, 2008
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German zoo plans to hand-rear polar bear cub, Chinese celebrate annual ice festival, broken levee floods 300 homes in Nevada, and more.

January 11, 2008
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Critics worry the new, super-low-cost car from India's Tata Motors—costing about $2,500—will cause more traffic and pollution by making car ownership affordable to millions more.

January 10, 2008
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Merging black holes can shoot off in unexpected directions, scientists say—just one of several new findings shedding light on the mysterious, superdense objects.

January 10, 2008
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Despite more than a million years evolving in the dark, cavefish from different populations can birth sighted offspring in a single generation, scientists have found.

January 8, 2008
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Seven rare albino alligators recently disappeared from a Brazilian zoo. Authorities suspect smugglers stole the reptiles, which are valued at more than $9,000 each.

January 07, 2008
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Quebec City celebrates 400th anniversary, Chile volcano erupts, Kenya reels under violence, Brazilians honor sea goddess, and more.

January 4, 2008
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A climber rescued earlier this week returned to an Australian mountain Thursday to save his dog, a 143-pound (65-kilogram) bullmastiff.

January 04, 2008
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Australia has seen some extreme weather-related events this week—from unusually foamy ocean water on a New South Wales beach to bushfires in the country's west.

January 04, 2008
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First a python eats an alligator (and explodes), then another swallows a pregnant sheep (but not for long), and yet another ingests an electric blanket. Now this.

January 3, 2008
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A chemical trick has triggered a co-evolutionary arms race between parasitic Alcon blue butterflies and Myrmica rubra ants in Denmark, a new study says.

January 3, 2008
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Lapland's long winter nights can start with 2 p.m. sunsets. When so much darkness gets people down, bright lights can be used as therapy.

January 03, 2008
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A veterinarian in Australia removes four golf balls from a python that mistook them for chicken eggs.

January 03, 2008
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Millions of the tiny creatures are boring into the uninhabited island of Hoboro, and some experts suggest the landmass may be gone within a century.

January 3, 2008
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A wall enclosing a tiger that escaped and killed a teenager on Christmas was shorter than recommended, San Francisco Zoo officials say.

December 27, 2007

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