Tag #Pluto

How does the orca Tahlequah's behavior contribute to our understanding of animal emotions and the challenges faced by endangered species?

The ice core's depth and age allow scientists to analyze past climate fluctuations with greater accuracy, potentially predicting future sea-level rise. The orca's repeated grieving behavior highlights the emotional complexity of animals and underscores the fragility of their ecosystems; these two events are unrelated, but their discovery occurred concurrently. The discovery of a 'dinosaur highway' in Oxfordshire, England, reveals a large number of dinosaur footprints from 166 million years ago, representing the largest track site in the UK.