Flying reptiles came in miniature
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A new fossil species of flying reptile with a wingspan of less than 30cm (1ft) has been discovered in China.
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Scientists have discovered the remains of a rodent the size of a small car which used to forage the South American continent. The 1-ton creature is believed to have been about 3 meters in length and 1.5 meters tall.
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A re-assessed fossil from a Velociraptor dinosaur suggests the animal was probably covered in feathers.
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Scientists say they have found a small, earlier cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex that had at least a partial coat of feathers. Includes image gallery.
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Scientists are nearer the creation of tiny artificial blood vessels after growing miniscule tubes out of stem cells.
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Police say they're sure they shot a four-foot-long, 80-pound monitor lizard that had been lurking in an Orlando suburb for months. Still, neighbors aren't ready to let their children or pets back outside until they see a carcass.
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A miniature robot designed this summer by a Carnegie Mellon University mechanical engineer has done what only bugs and Jesus Christ have done before -- walk on water.
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Defense scientists in several countries are developing tiny flying robots that can hit the enemy with itsy-bitsy explosives. Critics worry that terrorists will adopt the nasty tech. By David Hambling.
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The fossil of a sea reptile with a neck twice as long as its body is solving the mystery of how some ancient reptiles used such unusually long appendages.
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The bird, dubbed the &quot;Calayan Rail&quot;, is the size of a small crow and has dark brown plumage and bright orange-red legs and beak, said Carl Oliveros, who helped lead the expedition that found it.
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Seiko Epson Corp. is developing a flying robot that looks like a miniature helicopter and is about the size of a giant bug. The company hopes it&#39;ll prove handy for security, disaster rescue and space exploration.
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Tiny robots powered by living muscle have been created by scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Seiko Epson Corp. is developing a flying robot that looks like a miniature helicopter and is about the size of a giant bug. The company hopes it'll prove handy for security, disaster rescue and space exploration.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A 5-foot-long boa constrictor caught slithering around a middle school had some help getting to class. His owner, a student at Wooddale Middle School, smuggled the reptile in his backpack on Thursday. The student, who was not identified by school officials, was disciplined.
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LONDON - A prehistoric reptile gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs, fossil evidence suggests. Scientists weren&#39;t sure if the ancient reptiles, called sauropterygians, hatched from eggs on land like sea turtles or were born alive in the water.
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POTSDAM, N.Y. - A northern New York woman taking a used car out for a test drive found a little something extra under the hood: A 3-foot snake...
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By Tim Johnson  It might have been the primeval forest noises. Or perhaps it was the tree-climbing kangaroos. It also could have been the cassowary, a flightless bird as tall as a grown man.