Archive - Monster-Watch

September 2007 Monster-Watch posts

Just Be Glad They Couldn't Fly: New evidence proves that velociraptors had feathers.
In Space, No One Can Hear You Get Sick... Faster!: Bacteria in space become deadlier than the same strain on the ground.
Good Thing They Were Woolly: Scientists have discovered that wooly mammoth hair is an excellent source of DNA.
Crossing the Border: Mutant Dog or Regular Goatsucker?: Some ugly roadkill is thought to be the corpse of a chupacabra.
T. rex: Faster Than Jeff Goldblum: T. rexes could run faster than any human from Jurassic Park, even those kids.
Great Whites Not So Great: A great white's bite is scary for its teeth, not its sheer power.
Even Olderest Living Thing! (Kind Of): Various scientists have revived multi-million-year-old bacteria in the lab.
The New Winner: Oldest Living Thing: Bacteria has slept in the Siberian ice for 600,000 years... and now it's awake!