The plant and animal species that occur in the Adirondacks are diverse and varied unlike anywhere else in the northeast. The mosaic of temperate forest and boreal forest found in the region provides a ...

The scientific team on board the Irízar plans to watch and record marine fauna ... between animals and their food sources while the icebreaker supplies the 13 Argentine bases in Antarctica.

In 1992, a paleontologist unearthed the fossil of a prehistoric bird called "Vegavis iaai" in Antarctica and hypothesized that it was an early relative of today's ducks and geese. However, because the ...