8 d. ago Dinosaurs may hold unlikely key to cancer breakthroughs say scientists

Researchers explored the fossil of a Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus, a 'marsh lizard' that existed between 66 and 70 million years ago

Science

1 week ago Birds were nesting in the Arctic during age of dinosaurs, scientists discover

Minuscule fossils from 73m years ago are oldest evidence yet for birds nesting in polar regionsThe Arctic might evoke images of polar bears and seals, but 73m years ago it was a dinosaur stomping ground. Now fossil hunters say these beasts shared their turf with a host of different birds.Researchers believe their discovery of more than 50 bird fossils from the Prince Creek formation in Alaska is the oldest evidence of birds nesting in polar regions, pushing back the date by more than 25m years. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago US peregrine falcons adapt well to city living as their coastal cousins struggle with bird flu

High above the bustle of cities across the country, the fastest birds on the planet are making nests, hatching young and snagging birds from the sky for meals

Politics

2 w. ago ‘Very rare’ love triangle between osprey birds in Scotland caught on camera

This is the moment that a trio of osprey birds were caught nesting together in a love triangle.

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2 w. ago 'Very rare' osprey love triangle spotted in Scots valley on livestream camera

The trio of birds – one male and two female – are sharing a nest together in the Tweed Valley in the Scottish Borders.

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3 w. ago Show me the tummy! Tom Cruise doesn’t need sleep, help or clothes in Mission: Impossible

The Hollywood icon defies age and Arctic climes to save the world in the epic messianic spectacle The Final Reckoning. But why won’t he bare his soul?Tom Cruise spends about 30% of the final Mission: Impossible movie in his knickers. It being a very long film, that’s a lot of time spent looking at his body, glossy and gnarled and expensive as a walnut armoire, possibly in high-definition Imax and, even if not, certainly as big as a bus.In The Final Reckoning, Cruise unbuttons to wallop goons (twice), wriggle from the Arctic seabed towards the waves, hop on a treadmill and take a long hot shower in front of the crew of a strikingly camp US military submarine. Continue reading...

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