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The Earliest Dogs
A pointer named “Major” was identified this week as the first known example of a modern dog. A description of the dog was found in a now-obscure 1865 edition of a Victorian journal called The Field. It marks the earliest reported dog breed based on physical form and pedigree.
20 Animals You Could Eat But Probably Won’t
Squirrels? Dogs? Cats? Jellyfish?? Hell, I’d just settle for some 2 day-old roadkill. Perhaps not a skunk though…
Giant Squid Photos
What has eight arms with hundreds of suckers, eyes the size of grapefruit and a razor-sharp beak? A giant squid! A team of scientists and the Discovery Channel shot footage of this notoriously elusive creature in action. Open the Discovery News gallery…
Mars Through Curiosity’s Powerful MAHLI Camera
…since the true clarity of MAHLI has been unleashed, we’ve been treated to some of the most high-resolution views of the rover, Martian landscape and, most importantly, we’ve seen exactly what MAHLI was designed to do: Look closely at Mars rocks and dirt, assembling geological evidence of potential past habitability of Mars. Open gallery…
Breaking up is hard to do. Unless you are a comet: DNews blogger and radio astronomer Nicole Gugliucci presents some great astrophotography of Comet Hergenrother by astronomers who participate in the Virtual Star Party. Enjoy!
