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New Species of Millipede Named After Singer Taylor Swift

April 21, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

A total of 17 new animal species have been discovered in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina, including one named after the world-famous American singer Taylor Swift. Scientists discovered and...

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Scientists Rediscover Wildflower Assumed to be Extinct For 40 years

April 20, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

A South American wildflower that was assumed to be extinct for nearly 40 years was rediscovered in Western Ecuador by biologists. A group of biologists rediscovered Gasteranthus extinctus which was...

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Scientists Find Fossil of Dinosaur Killed by Asteroid

April 7, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

Scientists have discovered the fossil of a dinosaur thought to have died on the day of an asteroid strike more than 66 million years ago. Scientists working at the Tanis...

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Fossil of ‘World’s Largest Jurassic Pterosaur’ Found in Scotland

February 23, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

Researchers found the remains of the world’s largest Jurassic pterosaur — an extinct winged reptile informally known as a pterodactyl — at the Scottish Isle of Skye. The researchers extracted...

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Biosecurity Risk Raised over Bali Bird Market

January 27, 2022 by Fourth Estate Wire

Experts warned of ‘biosecurity risk’ at the bustling Bali Bird Market and said lack of coordination between Indonesian government departments on wildlife allows illegal trade to thrive. Spread over two...

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Famed U.S. Biologist Edward O. Wilson, Known as ‘Darwin’s Natural Heir,’ Dies at Age 92

December 29, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

Edward O. Wilson, the famed biologist and environmental activist known as “Darwin’s natural heir,” died on Dec. 26 in in Burlington, Massachusetts at the age of 92. The E.O. Wilson...

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Undersea Volcanic Eruption Creates New Japanese Island

August 17, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

The Japanese Coast Guard has announced on Monday that a new island was created from an underwater volcanic eruption last Friday, about 745 mi (1,200 km) south of Tokyo. The...

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World’s Largest Iceberg Forms in Antartica, Larger Than NYC

May 20, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

A giant slab of ice nearly six times the size of New York City split from the frozen coastline of Antartica and into the Weddell Sea, making it the largest...

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Large Iceberg Breaks off Antarctica

March 1, 2021 by Fourth Estate Wire

A huge iceberg has broken off the 150-m thick Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) reported. About 1270 square kilometers or 490 miles chunk of ice was...

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Scientists Discover New Species in Bolivia

December 21, 2020 by Fourth Estate Wire

A scientific expedition in the Bolivian Andes revealed 20 new species to science, including the “Lilliputian frog” plus four rediscovered species that includes the “devil-eyed frog,” previously thought to be…

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