Archive for August, 2007

Giant penguins from the Southern Hemisphere… (Part 1)

Giant penguins from the Southern Hemisphere… (Part 1)

Photo courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History Earlier this summer, you may have heard about a surprising paleontological discovery from southern Peru. In a paper published in the journal PNAS, a team of paleontologists announced the discovery of two new species of fossil penguins, Icadyptes and Perudyptes, from an area a few hundred [...]

 
Nick Pyenson

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Is This A Real Egg?

Is This A Real Egg?

Years back, I took my Second Grade class to Slide Ranch in Marin, a working educational, ecological farm. There, we visited the hen house and observed the hens sitting calmly on their nests. One clucked and strutted away, revealing a perfect, white egg. I directed Adina to pick it up and bring it to us. [...]

 
Amy Gotliffe

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