Monday, April 3rd, 2023
What fossil eggs found in Alberta reveal about how dinosaurs became birds
Chemical analysis of troodon eggshells show bird-like and reptile-like traits, reveal behaviour Seventy-five million years ago in southern Alberta, a river flooded, burying the eggs of bird-like dinosaurs nesting on the nearby plain. Now, tiny pieces of those fossil egg shells offer new evidence about how dinosaurs lived, bred and evolved into birds. A new study shows emu-sized, meat-eating troodons were as warm-blooded as birds, with body temperatures of more than 40 C. But unlike modern birds such as chickens that can produce one egg a day, troodons used a very slow egg-formingRead more
Dennis King’s Progressive Conservatives win a majority government on P.E.I.
Liberals poised to form Official Opposition as Greens lose all but 2 seats Dennis King will return for a second term as premier of Prince Edward Island after his Progressive Conservatives won 22 seats for a commanding victory in the 2023 provincial election. The Liberals won three seats and will form the Official Opposition, while the Greens fell to third-party status with just two MLAs. Voter turnout was a record low of 68.5 per cent of the province’s roughly 109,587 registered voters, according to Elections P.E.I. That’s down from the 77.66 per cent seen inRead more