“It provides the missing link because it explains how the Wari people allowed for the continuation of culture after the Moche.”

Archaeologist Cesar Soriano tells Reuters why a ruined city discovered in Peru is so important.

“When I found the frog, I had a thrilling suspicion that we were looking at an entirely new species of amphibian.”

Naturalist and photographer Jeremy Holden talks about the new frog he found. It’s got green blood and turquoise-coloured bones (Fauna and Flora International).

“It is generally believed that LUCA was a heat-loving or ‘hyperthermophilic’ organism – a bit like one of those weird organisms living in the hot vents along the continental ridges deep in the oceans today. However, our data suggests that LUCA was actually sensitive to warmer temperatures and lived in a climate below 50 degrees.”

Nicolas Lartillot, of the Universite de Montreal, has been working on the ‘last universal common ancestor’ (LUCA), from which we all came (Canwest News).