Ice-age child's remains shed light on North's earliest settlers

The remains of an ice-age child, who died about 11,500 years ago and appears to have been gently placed in a hearth and cremated, have been unearthed in Alaska.

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Fossil find rewrites arthropod history

Fossils of a bizarre animal dubbed the "walking cactus" have shed light on the evolution of crabs and spiders, Chinese researchers reported in the journal Nature on Wednesday.

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Volcanoes' 'wagging' could be key clue in predicting eruptions

Cloaked in snow and visible across the U.S. border from Vancouver, Mount Baker looks like a gentle giant. But volcanologist Mark Jellinek, at the University of British Columbia, says Mount Baker, located in Washington state, is probably overdue for an eruption.

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• Quebec island offers insight into Earth's second-largest mass extinction
• Ecuador orders evacuations over active volcano
• Italian government preparing plan to save Pompeii
• Indonesia volcano death toll passes 300
• Alaskan volcano may have led to B.C. salmon boom: Expert

‘Thunder Thighs’ dinosaur discovered

A new dinosaur named "Thunder Thighs" has been identified by British and US scientists who said its huge, muscular legs would have given it a fierce kick.

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Genetically engineered fish could pose threat to wild stocks: DFO scientists

There's a risk Canadian fish stocks could be harmed if the world's first genetically engineered salmon is approved for commercialization, federal scientists suggest.

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• Company seeks approval to create genetically engineered fish
• Opponents bid to derail FDA approval of GE salmon
• Developer of genetically engineered salmon eyes Canadian regulators

CERN collider restarts search for cosmic mysteries

CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is gearing up to resume full-speed particle collisions next month aimed at resolving key mysteries of the universe, scientists and engineers at the research centre said on Monday.

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