http://www.ccnmag.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:45:49 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/wild_cheetahs_amazing_accelerating_and_speed Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College have captured the first detailed information on the hunting dynamics of the wild cheetah in its natural habitat CalTechNews Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:46:37 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/putting_flesh_on_the_bones_of_ancient_fish Swedish, Australian and French researchers present for the first time miraculously preserved musculature of 380 million year old armoured fish discovered in north-west Australia. CalTechNews Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:21:46 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/_lizard_king_fossil_shows_giant_reptiles_coexisted_with_mammals Some 40 million years before rock singer Jim Morrison's lyrics earned him the moniker "the Lizard King," an actual king lizard roamed the hot tropical forests of Southeast Asia, competing with mammals for food and other resources CalTechNews Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:19:55 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/how_turtles_got_their_shells Through careful study of an ancient ancestor of modern turtles, researchers now have a clearer picture of how the turtles' most unusual shell came to be CalTechNews Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:44:56 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/white_tiger_mystery_solved Their spectacular white coats are produced by a single change in a known pigment gene, according to the study, appearing on May 23 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication CalTechNews Mon, 27 May 2013 23:12:16 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/top_10_new_species_of_2012 An amazing glow-in-the-dark cockroach, a harp-shaped carnivorous sponge and the smallest vertebrate on Earth are just three of the newly discovered top 10 species selected by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University CalTechNews Sat, 25 May 2013 14:29:45 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/small,_speedy_plant-eating_dinosaurs Dinosaurs are often thought of as large, fierce animals, but new research highlights a previously overlooked diversity of small dinosaurs CalTechNews Wed, 22 May 2013 21:53:15 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/irish_potato_famine_solved An international team of scientists reveals that a unique strain of potato blight they call HERB-1 triggered the Irish potato famine of the mid-nineteenth century CalTechNews Wed, 22 May 2013 00:30:22 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/allosaurus_fed_more_like_falcon_than_crocodile The mighty T. rex may have thrashed its massive head from side to side to dismember prey, but a new study shows that its smaller cousin Allosaurus was a more dexterous hunter and tugged at prey more like a modern-day falcon CalTechNews Tue, 21 May 2013 19:57:22 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/invasive_crazy_ants_are_displacing_fire_ants Invasive "crazy ants" are displacing fire ants in areas across the southeastern United States, according to researchers It's the latest in a history of ant invasions from the southern hemisphere and may prove to have dramatic effects on the ecosystem of CalTechNews Mon, 20 May 2013 20:11:55 +0100