Archive for March 23rd, 2013

Fossil Bird Study On Extinction Patterns Could Help Today’s Conservation Efforts

A new University of Florida study of nearly 5,000 Haiti bird fossils shows contrary to a commonly held theory, human arrival 6,000 years ago didn’t cause the island’s birds to die simultaneously. Although many birds perished or became displaced during a mass extinction event following the first arrival of humans to the Caribbean islands, fossil […]