Tagged: fossil

Researchers have discovered “wonderchicken,” a 67-million-year-old fossilized bird they believe is the first “modern bird.” Known as Asterioornis, the bird was discovered in a limestone quarry near the Belgian-Dutch border. It lived during the Cretaceous period (along with dinosaurs) and had several features that are...

Winding through the South Carolina low country, the Cooper River is a reed-lined haven for sportfish and shorebirds. The waterway originates in Berkeley County’s Lake Moultrie. From there, it proceeds all the way down to Charleston, where it merges with the Ashley and the Wando...

Heavenly Eye” also known as “The Eye of Heaven” is China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope, which began its work one year ago. Now, FAST (the size of about 30 football fields) has identified several pulsars, according to...