A surprise fossil found in the Amazon rainforest connects to both ancient saltwater dolphins and contemporary freshwater kin. The largest river dolphin fossil has been found — thousands of miles from its nearest living relative, reports an international group of paleontologists in Science Advances....
A First World War German submarine last seen in 1917 has been found by a team of Guernsey specialist divers following a four-year search.Lying in more than 70m of water, the wreck of the UC II Class mine-laying submarine UC-18 and that of which they believe to be the British ship which sank her, HMS Lady Olive, have been located...
Anyone who has done a fair amount of digging almost certainly has excavated discoveries (bottles, bricks, old pipes) that fall short of spectacular. That wasn’t the case last May when a shovel operator working the overnight shift at a North Dakota coal mine spotted a glint of white that turned out to be a mammoth tusk estimated to be thousands of years old. Phys.org has more: https://flip.it/SKXdt9 #Science#Mammoth#Discoveries#Animals
Hi folks!
Time for an #introduction as part of setting things up here.
A few years back when #friends were visiting we started yet again recommending all the #awesome#vegan#discoveries we made.
During the conversation the idea of a #website inspired by the awesome lists movement came up and shortly after started with the motivation to make it a #community driven project where everyone can #contribute.
Accounts on commercial social media existed already and now it is time to bring this to Mastodon and the Fediverse.
Ongoing construction at the new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) near Mexico City has led to the discovery of an ancient flamingo fossil egg, believed to be from the Pleistocene Epoch....
The Suprise Discovery Of The World's Largest Prehistoric Dolphin Reveals Unlikely Link (www.discovermagazine.com)
A surprise fossil found in the Amazon rainforest connects to both ancient saltwater dolphins and contemporary freshwater kin. The largest river dolphin fossil has been found — thousands of miles from its nearest living relative, reports an international group of paleontologists in Science Advances....
Channel Islands: Four-year search leads local divers to solve WW1 U-boat mystery (guernseypress.com)
A First World War German submarine last seen in 1917 has been found by a team of Guernsey specialist divers following a four-year search.Lying in more than 70m of water, the wreck of the UC II Class mine-laying submarine UC-18 and that of which they believe to be the British ship which sank her, HMS Lady Olive, have been located...
Ancient fossilized flamingo egg found near Felipe Ángeles airport, Mexico (mexiconewsdaily.com)
Ongoing construction at the new Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) near Mexico City has led to the discovery of an ancient flamingo fossil egg, believed to be from the Pleistocene Epoch....