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Platypus, at Eungella National Park, Queensland, Australia (Christine Ferdinand, Creative Commons 4.0 via Wikimedia)

Platypus Milk Helps Fight Antibiotic Resistance

March 20, 2018

The platypus is a mammal, yet instead of ‘live birth’ it lays eggs, it’s got a bill and webbed feet that looks like a duck, a tail like a beaver and is venomous. At first glance, the platypus looks like an animal that could be the product of a creative imagination. Yet, despite its odd […]

Artistic reconstruction of Isthminia panamensis, a new fossil dolphin from Panama, feeding on a flatfish. (Julia Molnar/Smithsonian Institution)

Ancient Dolphin; CPR is More Successful on TV; Blueberries Make Natural Antibiotic

September 2, 2015

New Extinct Species of River Dolphin Discovered Scientists have recently discovered the fossils of a new extinct species of a river dolphin.  Since the fossils were found in ocean sediments just off the Caribbean coast of Panama, the new species have been named Isthminia panamensis. The newly identified species is closely related to the Amazon […]

Scientists Find Fault with Chemical in Antibacterial Products

August 13, 2012

Scientists in Colorado and California say in a study recently published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they have found that a chemical used in some antibacterial soaps and similar products can obstruct muscle contractions. They say that at a cellular level, the chemical can slow a fish’s swimming abilities […]

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