Archive for February 11th, 2012

Paleontologists reveal ancient Arctic ecosystem teeming with life

Two Canadian scientists have completed a comprehensive portrait of the lush, rainforest-like ecosystem — populated by prehistoric creatures akin to alligators, hippos and flying lemurs — that prevailed some 40 million years ago in what is now Canada’s northernmost landmass: Ellesmere Island. The study of hundreds of fossilized species, published in the latest issue of […]