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In their later years, William Hale and his wife, Sarah (Piper) Hale, lived at 13 Essex St. in Newburyport. Sarah had inherited the house from her brother, Philip Piper, who

THREE veterans of the Falklands War will share their experiences at a special talk to mark the 40th anniversary of the outbreak of the conflict at a…

Ancient humans not to blame for mass island extinction 4 May 2021 Human arrival had minimal impacts on biodiversity loss. An international research team has debunked a popular theory that ancient humans caused mass animal and plant extinctions on newly inhabited islands.  Archaeologists and palaeontologists, including from Griffith University and The Australian National University (ANU), compared records of human arrival and extinctions on islands spanning the past 2.6 million years, finding little overlap between the two events.   Co-researcher and ANU Professor Sue O'Connor said the ev...

Apr 26, 2021 05:00 AM EDT According to scientists, giant cloud rats once roamed the Earth thousands of years ago. They believe humans played a part in the extinction of the now-extinct creatures, which were furry with large, bushy tails. The findings of the study were published in the Journal of Mammalogy. Bushy Tailed Ancient Rodents (Photo : Julan Shirwod Nueva on Wikimedia Commons) Scientists have found that "cute" furry, bushy-tailed rodents twice the size of gray squirrels once roamed the Earth thousands of years ago. Since the rodent went extinct a few thousand years ago, the fossilized...

Giant rat species ‘twice the size of squirrel’ discovered in the Philippines City AM 3 hrs ago Michiel Willems © Provided by City AM Scientists have discovered three new species of giant cloud rats that were twice the size of a grey squirrel and roamed the planet tens of thousands of years ago. Fossilised remains of the extinct creatures were unearthed from a series of caves in the Philippines. Based on an analysis of bones and teeth, the researchers said these giant cloud rats were fluffy and had big, bushy tails. The rodents disappeared a few thousand years ago, rais...