Exceptionally preserved fossils of insect cocoons have allowed researchers in Argentina to describe how wasps played an important role in food webs devoted to consuming rotting dinosaur eggs. The research is published in the scientific journal Palaeontology.
Juneau, AK — Marine mammal scientists last Wednesday received a curious report: fishermen near Yakutat had observed what appeared to be a ringed seal pup hauled out at the shoreline.
The Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, Kofi Annan, yesterday urged Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to embrace change and reforms that will create the foundation for a democratic society in his country.
WASHINGTON– President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta issued statements on Friday marking the upcoming one-year anniversary of the “3/11†earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated Japan.