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  1. Paleontology

    Hippo history extracted from fossil teeth found in Kenya

    Fossilized teeth from the newly identified Epirigenys lokonensis, an ancestor of the hippopotamus, are filling in some of the mammoth mammal’s history.

    By Ashley Yeager
  2. Paleontology

    Fossils illustrate evolution of life

    Paleontologist Donald Prothero takes readers through the evolution of life on Earth from the earliest oozes of goo to our recent relative Lucy.

    By Ashley Yeager
  3. Science & Society

    Visualizing Earth’s past, finding numbers in nature, and more

    Exhibits at science museums around the country showcase the vastness of geologic time, whale evolution, life in ancient Maya civilization, and the mathematics hidden in nature.

    By Science News Staff
  4. Animals

    Submariners’ ‘bio-duck’ is probably a whale

    First acoustic tags on Antarctic minke whales suggest the marine mammals are the long-sought source of the mysterious bio-duck sound.

    By Susan Milius
  5. Astronomy

    Wandering planets, the smell of rain and more reader feedback

    Readers consider how hard it would be to fashion Paleolithic tools, discuss what to call free-floating worlds and more.

    By Science News Staff
  6. Animals

    Small sperm whale species share a diet

    Dwarf and pygmy species of sperm whales overlap in what they eat, and that could be a problem as the food web changes around them.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  7. Animals

    Dolphins appear to perceive magnetic fields

    Bottlenose dolphins take less time to start exploring a magnetized block, suggesting they can sense magnetic fields.

    By Ashley Yeager
  8. Environment

    Rising dolphin deaths linked to Deepwater Horizon spill

    Lung lesions and other injuries link an extensive die-off of dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

    By Beth Mole
  9. Astronomy

    Lucy’s new neighbor, downloading New Horizon’s data and more reader feedback

    Readers discuss why Pluto's data will take so long to get to Earth, the role the cerebellum plays in creative thinking and more.

    By Science News Staff
  10. Earth

    Earth’s most abundant mineral finally has a name

    Bridgmanite, the planet’s most common mineral, christened after traces found in 1879 meteorite.

    By Thomas Sumner
  11. Animals

    Algal blooms created ancient whale graveyard

    Whales and other marine mammals died at sea and were buried on a tidal flat in what's now in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

    By Sarah Zielinski
  12. Paleontology

    Fossil whale skull hints at echolocation’s origins

    Ancestors of toothed whales used echolocation as early as 34 million years ago, analysis of a new fossil skull suggests.

    By Ashley Yeager