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Oldest Known Squawk Box Suggests Dinosaurs Likely Did Not Sing

By Guest PostJanuary 21, 2017Scienceage of dinosaurs, antarctic fossil, dinosaurs, fossilized syrinxes, franz goller, julia clarke, mesozoic era, oldest squawk box, sing, syrinx, vegavis iaai, vocal organ

AUSTIN, Texas — The oldest known vocal organ of a bird has been found in an Antarctic fossil of a relative of ducks and geese that lived more than 66 million years ago during the age of dinosaurs. (more…)

Corals and climate

By Guest PostJuly 11, 2014Environmentandrea grottoli, antarctic fossil, ausgestorbene riesenschildkroete, cdte solar cells, chaco schildkroete, chelonoidis alburyorum, climate, climate change, coral, coral reefs, cortana intelligence suite, era of ai, era of innovation, fossilized syrinxes, galapagos schildkroete, harry shum, heat stress, mark warner, michael hofreiter, myanalytics, ocean floor, ohio state university, oldest squawk box, plankton, university of delaware, vocal organ

For corals adjusting to climate change, it’s survival of fattest and most flexible

The future health of the world’s coral reefs and the animals that depend on them relies in part on the ability of one tiny symbiotic sea creature to get fat — and to be flexible about the type of algae with which it cooperates. (more…)