Ancient sea turtle fossil found in Alabama named new genus, species

Good News Notes: “A study from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have revealed that fossils found in west Alabama belonged to a turtle who swam the seas 75 million years ago. The discovery of the new genus and species of sea turtle may fill a gap in the animal’s evolution, according to…

Happy 6ft: ancient penguins were as tall as people. We’ve discovered the species that started the downsizing trend

 Good News Notes: “A new species of extinct penguin has been discovered. It’s helping us bridge the gap between modern penguins and their counterparts from the Paleocene epoch – the 10-million-year period following dinosaur extinction.” “The world’s oldest known penguins existed only a few million years after the mass-extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs –…