Aside from living in trees, there is nothing in Ignacius dawsonae to suggest that a related species would evolve into the ancestors of primates, and thus us. But this and the sister species Ignacius mckennai are among the Primatomorpha, ancestors of primates, and are...
Since last spring, the HPAI H5N1 virus, which is highly contagious to birds, may have ravaged Greenland’s bird colonies, at least on the west coast. But many colonies are so remote that it is not clear how large the number of dead birds might actually be. Image:...
Already, AECO members are trying to operate tourism in a sustainable way in the Arctic by implementing measures similar to those in Antarctica. But Norway’s environmental authorities are recommending tighter measures from the government. Image: Michael Wenger...
The map shows the record distance covered by Polar Preet in 68 days, over 1,430 km. In doing so, she set a new world record for women’s distance on skis and unsupported in Antarctica. The previous record of 1,381 km had been set by the German Anja Blacha only in...
The image of the new colony was taken in mid-October 2021 by the Worldview-3 satellite operated by Maxar Technologies, a private satellite operator, as part of the EU’s own Copernicus-2 satellite mission. The evaluation by researchers now came about in the...
