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[ad_1] At the end of the last ice age, South America was home to strange animals that have since disappeared: giant ground sloths, elephant-like herbivores, and an ancient horse lineage. A new study shows we can spot these lost creatures in fascinating ocher-colored paintings made by ice age humans on a rocky ledge in the …
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[ad_1] At Craigmore Station in Canterbury, New Zealand, an old Maori painting graces the limestone ledge of a cave. The painted bird of prey, thought to depict an extinct eagle, gives the cave its name: Te Ana Pouakai, or Eagle’s Cave. But it wasn’t just any bird – it could be a Haast’s eagle, with …
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[ad_1] More than a century ago, a bluish butterfly flew between the sand dunes of San Francisco’s Sunset District and laid its eggs on a plant known as stagweed. As the city’s development grazed the dunes and deer, the butterflies disappeared. The last Xerces blue butterfly was collected by an entomologist from Lobos Creek in …
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[ad_1] More than a century ago, a bluish butterfly flew between the sand dunes of San Francisco’s Sunset District and laid its eggs on a plant known as stagweed. As the city’s development grazed the dunes and deer, the butterflies disappeared. The last Xerces blue butterfly was collected by an entomologist from Lobos Creek in …
Continue reading “Famous Blue Butterfly: Still Extinct, But More Distinctive”