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A Treasure Trove of Dinosaur Bones in Italy Rewrites the Local Prehistoric Record
The new skeleton of Tethyshadros insularis. Credit: P. Ferrieri (courtesy of Soprintendenza Archeologia, belle arti e paesaggio del Friuli-Venezia Giulia)New fossils are changing a decades-old story about the species that roamed the Mediterranean 80 million years ago.Emily Schwing: This is Scientific American’s 60 Second Science. I’m Emily Schwing. When he was little, Alessandro Chiarenza’s grandmother used…
Remarkable trove of species found living beneath Antarctic ice shelf
The variety of species found below an Antarctic ice shelf shows that life can survive in hostile, food-poor environments for thousands of years Environment 20 December 2021 By Adam Vaughan Hot water drilling in AntarcticaSophie Berger/AWI An astonishing variety of marine life has been discovered on the seabed in the darkness hundreds of metres below…