Greek Reporter18h
Fossil of the Oldest Known Modern Bird Discovered in Antarctica
A 69 million-year-old skull fossil discovered in Antarctica is an ancient relative of geese and ducks, making it the oldest ...
Science Daily10h
Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird
Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction of all known non-bird dinosaurs. But for the early ...
All That's Interesting on MSN18h
This Prehistoric Duck-Like Creature May Be The Earliest Modern Bird Ever Discovered
In 1992, a paleontologist unearthed the fossil of a prehistoric bird called "Vegavis iaai" in Antarctica and hypothesized that it was an early relative of today's ducks and geese. However, because the ...
AZ Animals (US) on MSN23h
A Trillion-Ton Megaberg is Heading for South Georgia Island: Here’s What it Means for the Wildlife That Lives There
A 130-foot towering wall of ice with a surface area larger than Rhode Island is slowly making its way toward a remote island near Antarctica. Imagine if the ice wall from Game of Thrones were mobile ...
10 days with the US Coast Guard on the new Arctic front lines
As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...
It’s a great time of year to catch shrimp, but that doesn’t mean they are easy to find
Biscayne Bay can be loaded with shrimp this time of year, but if the shrimp aren’t running, then you’re just out for a boat ...
Mountain Democrat15h
Ski with a Scientist comes to Palisades Tahoe
The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center announced the first-ever Ski with a Scientist program for the winter season.