







































A brand new species of microcrustacean was collected from a submarine scorching spring (hydrothermal vent) of a marine volcano (Myojin-sho caldera) within the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan. This crustacean group is discovered solely in deep-sea hydrothermal vents … Continue reading
An ancient sink hole in eastern Tennessee holds the clues to an important transitional time in the evolutionary history of snakes. Among the fossilized creatures found there, according to a new paper, is a new species of snake that lived … Continue reading
A doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania has identified a new species of fossil dog. The specimen, found in Maryland, would have roamed the coast of eastern North America approximately 12 million years ago, at a time when massive … Continue reading
P(ANSA) – Palermo, April 23 – A Belgian student was in a serious condition in a Palermo hospital on Wednesday after falling from a hotel balcony during a school trip.BRAntoine Dominique Mignolet, aged 20, fell from the balcony of his … Continue reading
IMG class=hide alt=”Canadian student stopped after stealing rock from Colosseum” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wpid-107f8b0cddc6b7b361ea96275a2d5ee7.jpg” (ANSA) – Rome, March 17 – Police stopped a 15-year-old Canadian tourist who was caught on video stealing a piece of Rome’s iconic Colosseum and tucking it into his … Continue reading
(ANSA) – Cagliari, October 18 – A female student on the Italian island of Sardinia was allegedly kidnapped and raped by her boyfriend, who is now in police custody. The man had allegedly been stalking the girl, whose age and … Continue reading