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A fishy mammal ID

By Sid Perkins / November 13, 2012

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For more than a century, the fossilized skull of an ancient fish was misidentified as a primate

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils | Tagged Argentina, Arrhinolemur scalabrinii, Brian Sidlauskas, dentition, Florentino Ameghino, fossils, genus, George Gaylord Simpson, getinvolved, Greek, John Lundberg; Academy of Natural Sciences, Latin, lemur, Oregon State University, paleontologist, paleontology, primate, South America, species, taxonomy, teeth

Weird weather

By Roberta Kwok / August 3, 2012

Texas soil cracked by a prolonged drought. Scientists are beginning to link such extreme weather events to global warming. Credit: © Ann Worthy, iStockphoto

Global warming helped trigger heat waves and droughts last year

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American Meteorological Society, Chris Funk, climate change, crop losses, David Rupp, East African drought, getinvolved, global warming, greenhouse effect, La Nina, Oregon State University, severe weather, starvation, Texas drought, Thailand flooding, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS