Australian dinosaur that lived 98M years ago found
AP - 12 hours ago

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. Meet the Australovenator.

Plant disease hits eastern US veggies early, hard
AP - 16 hours ago

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.

Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheep
AP - 1 day ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.

NASA astronaut takes Twitter to space en Espanol
AP - 1 day ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - NASA has tweeted in space, but now one of its astronauts is breaking a new space Twitter barrier. He'll tweet from space in Spanish and English.

Myanmar fossil may shed light on evolution
AP - 1 day ago

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Fossils recently discovered in Myanmar could prove that the common ancestors of humans, monkeys and apes evolved from primates in Asia, rather than Africa, researchers contend in a study released Wednesday.

Group: World failing to halt biodiversity decline
AP - 3 days ago

GENEVA (AP) - Governments are failing to stem a rapid decline in biodiversity that is now threatening extinction for almost half the world's coral reef species, a third of amphibians and a quarter of mammals, a leading environmental group warned Thursday.

Idaho F&G plan to kill pelicans hits obstacles
AP - 3 days ago

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Federal officials have told the Idaho fish and game officials that their plan to halve the number of pelicans nesting in southern and eastern Idaho by 2013 to boost fisheries is an "eradication program" that needs more work.

NASA: Fuel test a success, shuttle launch day set
AP - 3 days ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - To NASA's relief, a fueling test on space shuttle Endeavour uncovered no hydrogen gas leaks Wednesday and paved the way for another launch attempt late next week for the delayed mission.

NASA manager pitches a cheaper return-to-moon plan
AP - 4 days ago

WASHINGTON (AP) - Like a car salesman pushing a luxury vehicle that the customer no longer can afford, NASA has pulled out of its back pocket a deal for a cheaper ride to the moon.

Ulysses probe ends 18-year study of heliosphere
AP - 4 days ago

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - The U.S. and European spacecraft Ulysses has ended its more than 18-year mission to explore and research the region of space above the poles of the sun.