Tamika Fifield

In Peru‘s Amazon, A 16-Myr-Old Fossil Of Pebanista Yacuruna (PY), The Largest Freshwater Dolphin (FWD), Was Found. ~3.5m Long, It’s ~25% Larger Than Modern FWD. PY Is Said To Be Related To The Modern South Asia FWD. PY Extinction May Be Linked To Ancient Amazon Lake Drainage. This Find Highlights FWD Evolution And Ecosystem Vulnerability.

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Scientists Discovered The Largest Known Deep-Sea Coral Reef, 68 Mi Wide At Some Points And Stretching 310 Miles From Florida To S. Carolina. Found At Depths Of 655 To 3,280 Ft In The Atlantic, It Relies On Filtering Food Particles. The Reef, Nearly 3x The Size Of Yellowstone, Hints At More Hidden Deep-Sea Reefs. The Great Barrier Reef Is ~ 1,430…

Researchers Have Discovered, In Peru’s Ica Valley, Fossils Of Perucetus Colossus, A Prehistoric Whale Said To Be The Heaviest Animal To Have Ever Lived On Earth—Possibly Weighing 2-3x The Blue Whale. The Colossal Nature Of The Creature, Which Swam The Seas About 39 Mya, Suggests That It Navigated Shallow Waters Using An Undulating Swimming Technique.

A Team Of Australian Scientists, On October 20th, 2020, Discovered A Unique Reef, The First In 120 Years, In The Great Barrier Reef. The Reef Is Unique Because It Is Said To Be Massive (~1,600-Foot-Tall), Dwarfing Iconic Skyscrapers Like The Petronas Twin Towers In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, And The New York City’s Empire State Building.

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Researchers, From Florida Aquarium, For The First Time Spawned An Endangered Atlantic Pillar Coral Using Advanced LED Technology And Aquarium, Which Is Computer-Controlled To Mimic Sunrises, Sunsets, Moon Phases, Temperature And Water Quality Parameters That Subtly Signal Corals To Reproduce. This Could Help Restore Endangered Corals.

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