Sometimes, new data raises more questions than it answers. Today, the North Pacific right whale is severely endangered, meaning that […]
Category: Megafauna
Scientists sequence a woolly rhino genome from a 14,400-year-old wolf’s stomach
That came as a surprise, since woolly rhinos disappear from the fossil record about 400 years later. Already, the species […]
The first people to set foot in Australia were fossil hunters
I just think they’re neat Europeans weren’t the first people to collect fossils in Australia. Several species of short-faced kangaroos, […]