National Geographic News

CAVE PICTURES: Mineral Crusts, Ooze Found to Be Poop (vie, 20 nov 2009)
Butterscotch ooze, pink crusts, and blue-green goo are just some of the multicolored mineral deposits being excreted by cave-dwelling microbes, researchers have announced.



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Lava Cave Minerals Actually Microbe Poop (vie, 20 nov 2009)
Blue-green ooze in Hawaii and crunchy golden crusts in New Mexico are among newfound mats of microbial waste that could offer clues in the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists say.



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FIRST PICTURES: "Predator" Corals Eat Jellyfish (vie, 20 nov 2009)
Using stinging tentacles and wide mouths, large coral polyps in the Red Sea have, for the first time, been discovered eating jellyfish nearly as big as they are.



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Worms' Paralysis Turned On and Off With Light (vie, 20 nov 2009)
Dr. Horrible, take note: A light-sensitive chemical fed to tiny worms called nematodes caused the creatures to "freeze" when zapped with ultraviolet light, a new study says.



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5 "Oddball" Crocs Discovered, Including Dinosaur-Eater (jue, 19 nov 2009)
A "saber-toothed cat in armor" and a pancake-shaped predator are among five strange, dinosaur-era crocodile cousins discovered in the Sahara, archaeologists say. Meet BoarCroc, PancakeCroc, DuckCroc, RatCroc, and DogCroc.



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STRANGE CROC PICTURES: New Dino-Eater, Galloper, More (jue, 19 nov 2009)
Fossils of five "oddball" crocodilian ancestors found in the Sahara suggest that the bizarre beasts ruled the southern landmass of Gondwana about a hundred million years ago, paleontologists say.



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Katrina Damage Due to "Monumental" Neglect, Judge Rules (jue, 19 nov 2009)
Shoddy oversight by the Army Corps of Engineers led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina, a judge ruled Wednesday. The decision could cost the federal government up to two trillion dollars, one expert predicted before the ruling.



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"Shangri-La" Caves Yield Treasures, Skeletons (mar, 17 nov 2009)
Ancient Tibetan art and manuscripts recovered from caves carved into sheer cliffs could be linked to the fictional paradise Shangri-La, says the team that made the discovery.



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SPACE PHOTOS THIS WEEK: Baby Star, Crescent Earth, More (mié, 18 nov 2009)
A Saturn moon takes center stage, a star is born, a space shuttle gets a step closer to its curtain call, and more in the week's best space pictures.



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Ocean Losing Its Appetite for Carbon (mié, 18 nov 2009)
The world's oceans, which normally gobble up carbon dioxide, are getting stuffed to the gills, according to the most thorough study to date of human-made carbon in the seas.



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