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Elusive Tree Kangaroos Fitted With Video Cameras

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

These hard-to-reach "plush toys" on Papua New Guineau have been outfitted with "Crittercams" for the first time. The breathtaking treetop footage is already solving tree kangaroo mysteries, researchers say. Video.

New T.Rex Cousin Suggests Dinosaurs Arose in S. America

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The newfound, 215-million-year-old species suggests dinosaurs originated in what is now South Americaand reveals the roots of the lineage that spawned T. rex and, eventually, birds.

BEST PHOTOS: Nat Geo Global Contest Winners, 2009

Mon, 7 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Peppermint shrimp, volcano-loving clouds, and bus shelters now have one thing in common: They've all been featured in winning pictures from National Geographic magazine's 2009 International Photography Contest.

"Darwin" Tortoises "Make" Video

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

On the 150th anniversary of Darwin's On the Origin of Species, get a Galápagos tortoise's-eye view via a National Geographic Crittercam—a first. Video.

"GHOST SHIP" PICTURES: Gold Rush-Era Wreck Found

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

With boots thrown hastily on deck and cooking utensils scattered, the last moments of the crew aboard the gold rush-era paddleboat A. J. Goddard are preserved in the ship's recently found wreck, archaeologists say.

VIDEO: Rare Gold Rush Shipwreck Found

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

See the only known untouched shipwreck from the Klondike Gold Rush—recently discovered in Canada's Yukon Territory and announced today. The steamboat A. J. Goddard sank in 1901, killing three crew members.