Archive for July 14th, 2016

WFS News: The Geological Society of America (GSA) 2016 Annual Meeting

The Geological Society of America (GSA) 2016 Annual Meeting                                        25–28 September 2016        Denver, United States This year’s five prestigious Pardee Keynote Symposia will scrutinize: • Subsurface energy systems, which account for 80% of total […]

WFS News: Calciavis grandei, Ostrich relative lived in North America about 50 million years ago

Exceedingly well-preserved bird fossil specimens dating 50 million years represent a new species that is a previously unknown relative of the modern-day ostrich, according to a new paper co-authored by Sterling Nesbitt of Virginia Tech’s College of Science and part of the university’s Global Change Center. The bird fossils were found more than a decade […]