Some researchers examined prehistoric fossils and some tweaked the question a little bit, but everyone came upon the same ...
In 1992, a paleontologist unearthed the fossil of a prehistoric bird called "Vegavis iaai" in Antarctica and hypothesized that it was an early relative of today's ducks and geese. However, because the ...
A recent theory proposes that whales weren't just predators in the ocean environment: Nutrients that whales excreted may have provided a key fertilizer to these marine ecosystems. Oceanographers now ...
From the warmest year on record to an arctic blast and even snow, marine biologists are concerned about weather and climate for some species.
When NASA launched a spacecraft to an asteroid, scientists patiently waited for their chance to look at bits of the space ...