News

  1. Paleontology

    . . . and the big bird that didn’t

    The California condor, one of today's largest and rarest birds, may have survived the last ice age because of its varied diet.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Paleontology

    The big fish that went away . . .

    Fossils found near Charleston, S.C., suggest that an extinct species of billfish related to today's swordfish and marlin would easily exceed the lengths documented for world-record specimens of those oft-sought sports fish.

    By Sid Perkins
  3. Health & Medicine

    Staph receptor as drug target

    A receptor molecule on the surface of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus might present an exploitable weak spot in the microbe's defenses.