Yearly Archives: 2020

New Mexico Mystery: Why are so many birds dropping?

Albuquerque – Large numbers of migratory birds are dying around New Mexico as scientists scramble to determine what has led to one of the largest bird deaths in the Southwest in recent memory. As people began searching for dead birds in recent days in places ranging from hiking trails to …

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Discovery in 100-million-year-old amber reveals sexual intercourse of ostracods

Ostracodes studied Myanmar amber. Credit: Nigpas The small bivalved crustacean ostracodes are the most abundant fossilized arthropods after the Ordovician and play an important role in paleoenvironmental reconstruction and evolutionary biology. Most of the fossilized ostracods are represented by calcified shells, and their soft parts, which can provide invaluable information …

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