Strange world of island species
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On one island visited by Sinbad during his travels, he found a giant bird with the wingspan of a whale, while Odysseus, according to Homer, discovered an island race of one-eyed giants who ate humans.
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"Hic sunt dracones," warned the black "X" on many an ancient mariner's map, marking spots in the unknown depths where dragons or serpents were thought to lurk. Since Plato's long-ago tale of the sunken island of Atlantis, humans have wondered whether lost worlds, teeming with life, might lie hidden in the ocean deeps.
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In a breathtaking discovery, scientists working on a remote Indonesian island say they have uncovered the bones of a human dwarf species marooned for eons while modern man rapidly colonized the rest of the planet.
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Take a peek at a weird passel of new adventure games for Wii, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and PSP.
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The species found in the mountains of Indonesia may be new to science, but not to Sherlock Holmes.
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Australian scientists have found a new species of hobbit-sized humans who lived about 18,000 years ago on an Indonesian island. The discovery adds another piece to the complex puzzle of human evolution.
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Scientists have discovered a tiny species of ancient human that lived 18,000 years ago on an isolated island east of the Java Sea -- a prehistoric hunter in a "lost world" of giant lizards and miniature elephants.
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LONDON - A new species of flightless bird has been discovered on a remote island in the northern Philippines, Filipino and British researchers announced Tuesday.
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Multiple nests of one of the UK's rarest insects are found on the Scottish islands.
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One of the world's most bizarre scientific collections has gone on show.
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Alien worlds, once hidden from knowledge, are now being discovered in droves, stunning astronomers with their unique features and sheer numbers. The discoveries are so common that more and more don&#39;t even get reported outside scientific circles.
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One of these things is not like the others ...
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An unlikely meeting of minds on an issue of global concern.
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SYDNEY: Australian scientists who found a new species of hobbit-sized humans who lived about 13,000 years ago on an Indonesian island yesterday said they expect to discover more new species of hominids on neighbouring islands.
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A five-year survey of fish for sale at ports across the archipelago has revealed at least 20 previously unknown species, according to the Australian team that led the study.See photos >>
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By Steve Connor  Thousands of species of marine animals have been discovered by a team of biologists investigating the rich ocean wildlife living around the Philippine island of Panglao.
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The extinction of whole species, once specific to isolated islands, is becoming a trend across continents.