Ancient people in what is now West Africa are believed to have interbred with a previously unknown species of ancient humans some 50,000 years ago. The proof, according to experts, is in the genomes of contemporary West Africans and cannot be found in old bones or DNA. They examined the genetic material of hundreds of individuals from Sierra Leone and Nigeria and discovered “ghost” DNA,... 

A grossly overweight, self-proclaimed “expert on whiteness” is planning to host an “academic” forum at Dartmouth University in early February entitled “What’s Up with White People?” that, as its name implies, will openly demean and insult people with fair skin as being members of some type of second-class species. According to reports, the self-loathing, pasty white Matt Wray of Temple... 

For now the Endangered Species Act will not be used to shut down power plants and factories in the United States in order to save polar bears. On Tuesday, the Obama administration proposed a rule that would exempt operations outside polar bear territory from restrictions on activity. It is considered a setback for environmentalists who want to put coal-fired power plants and large factories on a different... 

In mountain permafrost in Mamontovaya, Yakutia (Siberia), Russian researchers discovered a previously unknown species of bacteria. Mice injected in the body with a solution containing these organisms, were healthier and lived longer than their counterparts. Have the scientists discovered the secrets of immortality? The strange bacillus found in mammoth Mountain in the Siberian Republic of Yakutia... 

A psychedelic gecko The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says more than 200 new species have been identified in the great Mekong Region River region of Southeast Asia. According to WWF, on average, a new species is recorded every two days in the area, which includes parts of China, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, bigpondnews reported. The latest discoveries include an all-female lizard species that...