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☆ 100 potential new deep-sea species discovered, including mystery creature
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Marine researchers on a mission to record life hidden in the world’s oceans have reported they found about 100 potential new species — including one mystery starlike creature. We don’t know where it is in the tree (of life) as of yet, so that’ll be interesting,” Moore said. There’s hundreds of thousands of invertebrates in the sea that we still don’t know. Rebekah Pars/Ocean Census/NIWATo collect the samples, the vessel towed three different types of sleds depending on the terrain. Of the 2.2 million species believed to exist in Earth’s oceans, only 240,000 have been described by scientists, according to Ocean Census.

Persons: Michela Mitchell, Sadie Mills, “ You’ve, ”, Daniel Moore, ” Moore, Rebekah Pars, NIWA Moore, “ Organizations: CNN — Marine, country’s National Institute of Water, Atmospheric Research, Queensland Museum Network Locations: New Zealand, South Island

☆ Australia Voice referendum: Cherbourg, a community built on racial segregation, looks to the future
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

“We’ve got around 260 people waiting on our waiting list,” said Cherbourg Council CEO Chatur Zala. “My community is very, very confused,” said Mayor Elvie Sandow, from her air-conditioned office in the center of Cherbourg. Hilary Whiteman/CNNZala said Cherbourg Council has made gains in recent years, since Mayor Elvie was elected in 2020. “The highest employment rate of any Indigenous community,” he boasted. At the end of the day, I am the voice of Cherbourg because I’m the elected mayor for this community.”I am the voice of Cherbourg because I’m the elected mayor for this community.

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☆ Only 5 feet down under, a dinosaur graveyard turned up in Australia. It's sparking a paleontological revolution in the country.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Australia has become a new hot spot for paleontologists to dig for dinosaurs, the NYT reported. It all started in the early 2000s when a farmer found a dinosaur graveyard 5 feet under his land. Before the turn of the century, Australia was not a place you went digging for dinosaurs. Only half a dozen dinosaurs have been discovered in Australia compared to the 81 that have turned up in the US. Since the early 2000s, paleontologists have gone on to make even more grand discoveries.

Persons: —, David Elliott, Elliott, Scott Hocknull Organizations: Service, New York Times, Queensland Museum Locations: Australia

[1/3] Cane toad dubbed "Toadzilla" and believed by Australian park rangers to be the world's biggest toad is held by Queensland Department of Environment and Science Ranger Kylee Gray, in Conway National Park, Queensland, Australia January 12, 2023. Queensland Department Of Environment and Science/Handout via REUTERSSYDNEY, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Australian park rangers believe they have stumbled upon a record-breaking giant toad deep in a rainforest. Dubbed "Toadzilla", the cane toad, an invasive species that poses a threat to Australia's ecosystem, was spotted by "shocked" park ranger Kylee Gray during a patrol in Conway National Park in Queensland state on Jan. 12. Gray’s colleague, senior park ranger Barry Nolan, told Reuters the animal was euthanised due to its “ecological impact” — the usual fate for the toads across Australia. “A female cane toad like potentially Toadzilla would lay up to 35,000 eggs.

☆ Plesiosaur: Fossil hunters in Australia discover 100 million-year-old skeleton
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The discovery of a giant 100 million-year-old marine reptile’s skeleton in Australia has been hailed by researchers as a breakthrough that may provide vital clues about prehistoric life. The skull of the 100 million-year-old plesiosaur found in Queensland, Australia. Queensland MuseumIt’s the latest big discovery about prehistory to have been made in Australia in recent years. In June last year, scientists confirmed that the 2007 discovery of a fossilized skeleton in Queensland was the country’s largest dinosaur. Two months later, scientists discovered that there once was a species of flying “dragon” that soared over Australia 105 million years ago.

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