Mammoth skeleton found nearly intact in Los Angeles By Dan Whitcomb Dan Whitcomb Fri Feb 20, 10:54 am ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The nearly complete skeleton of a massive Columbian mammoth who died during the last ice age has been dug out of a construction site near the La Brea Tar Pits in downtown [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Fossil’
19 Feb
A living fossil found in Namibia
AN ALAVESIA FLY: Researchers have discovered two living species—so recently that they have yet to be named—of this Alavesia fly, a genus that had previously only been seen preserved in Cretaceous-era amber in Spain and Burma.
18 Feb
Forests absorb 20 percent of fossil fuel emissions: study
LONDON (Reuters) – Tropical trees have grown bigger over the past 40 years and now absorb 20 percent of fossil fuel emissions from the atmosphere, highlighting the need to preserve threatened forests, British researchers said Wednesday.
