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Elk bones tell stories of life, death, and habitat use at Yellowstone National Park

Liza Lester Dec 10, 2012 2 Comments

Backbone: the bared vertebrae of an elk lie on a riverbank in Yellowstone National Park. Credit, Joshua Miller.

Josh Miller is one among a small cadre of ecologists looking at living ecosystems through the relics of their dead. by Liza Lester, ESA communications officer Flags mark bone locations as field assistant Jared Singer maps a carcass near a lake in Yellowstone National Park. Credit, Joshua Miller. ________________ JOSH Miller likes to call himself [...]

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Giant turtles all the way down

Liza Lester Nov 8, 2012 No Comments

Edwinn Cadena excavates the fossil “coal turtle” in the Cerrejón coal mine, Colombia.

A Colombian coal mine opens a treasure chest of fossils. By Liza Lester Edwin Cadena and his 60-million-year-old giant “coal turtle” discovered in Cerrejón coal mine, Colombia, South America. Credit, Cadena. Used by permission. IT was large, that much was obvious. When Edwin Cadena first saw the fossil in 2005, he thought he might be [...]

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