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Fossil bones housed at a Los Angeles museum belong to the smallest dinosaur discovered in North America, scientists said Tuesday.

WCS researchers have discovered a stronghold for one of the world’s rarest freshwater dolphins, the Irrawaddy, deep in the waterlogged jungles of Bangladesh. The scientists counted nearly 6,000 of the dolphins in the South Asian country’s Sundarbans mangrove forest and the adjacent waters of the Bay of Bengal.Prior to this study, little marine mammal research had taken place in the Sundarbans—which translates to “beautiful jungle” in Bengali. Researchers had pegged the largest Irrawaddy dolphin populations in the low hundreds or fewer.

Scientists have discovered seven new glow-in-the-dark mushroom species, increasing the number of known luminescent fungi species from 64 to 71..

Final Draw for FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 the 32 teams participating at next year's FIFA World Cup finals discovered their fate this evening when the Final Draw for South Africa 2010 took place in Cape Town.

Scientists have identified a lethal new virus in Africa that causes bleeding like the dreaded Ebola virus. The so-called "Lujo" virus infected five people in Zambia and South Africa last fall. Four of them died, but a fifth survived, perhaps helped by a medicine recommended by the scientists.

Kevin Richardson swims with Meg the lion in the Crocodile River just south of the Magaliesburg mountains, near Johannesburg, South Africa Photo BARCROFT Animal behaviourist Kevin Richardson raises and interacts some of the most dangerous animals known to man.

Tata Steel Ltd has secured equity interest in an iron ore deposit in South Africa, from which it expects to mine 2 million tonnes of ore a year starting 2010.“The Sedibang mine (in South Africa) is a small one, which has a reserve of about 50 million tonnes,” Tata Steel’s managing director B. Muthuraman said at a press conference in Kolkata on Friday.
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Herschelle Gibbs opt out from ODI series. South African fast bowler Dale Steyn will pose a major danger to Bangladesh during the one-day. Rusty South Africa aim to find top gear

Three new species of legless amphibians have been discovered from forests in Manipur and Nagaland by researchers led by Delhi University Associate Professor S.D. Biju.