Scientists call it the Doomsday Glacier. That’s partly because Britain-sized glacier whites in West Antarctica are melting at an alarming rate: retreating by about half a mile (2,625 feet) each year. Scientists estimate that glaciers will lose their ice in about 200 to 600 years. When that happens, it will …
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At least 38 dead dolphins have been washed ashore on the island of Mauritius in the aftermath of a massive oil leak of a Japanese ship. The die-off has not yet been directly linked to the game, and officials are still investigating the causes of death, Reuters reports. The dolphins …
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Say hello to a new theropod dinosaur species, Vectaerovenator inopinatus. Discovered after a series of serendipitous fossil finds on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom, it is thought to date to 115 million years ago, during the Cretaceous. The Latin name of the new dino roughly refers to …
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