Immaculate Feather Fossil Reveals the Unlikely Preserving Power of Volcanoes
A 30,000-year-old vulture feather from Central Italy was preserved down to the microscopic level by volcanic rock.
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Iguanas traveled 5,000 miles from North America to Fiji
At some point after approximately 34 million years ago, the ancestors of the Fiji iguanas arrived on the South Pacific ...
How Antarctica’s Most Extreme Volcano Sustains A Hidden Ecosystem—A Biologist Explains
Sandwiched between the freezing cold of Earth’s coldest continent and the warmth of its southernmost active volcano, the caves beneath Antarctica’s Mount Erebus are an anomaly in more ways than one.
'Irreplaceable': Vandals destroy ancient California artifacts, evade arrest
Authorities are seeking the public's help in finding individuals who desecrated ancient, protected tribal rock carvings near ...
‘Awe-inspiring’ ancient petroglyphs vandalized in California, feds say. ‘Irreplaceable’
The petroglyphs, called “one of the most awe-inspiring and intriguing things to see” by Eastern Sierra, are located in the ...
California’s ancient petroglyphs in eastern Sierra keep getting vandalized
The petroglyphs can be found on volcanic tuff formations formed over 760,000 years ago when a large eruption released hot ash ...
Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip
Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji. Researchers have long ...
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An island is born from the depths: the underwater volcano of Tonga in action 🌋
Since 2022, the underwater volcano of Home Reef has repeatedly emerged, adding hectares of land to the Tonga archipelago. Successive eruptions have allowed the island to reach an area of ...