Article Archive for 2 March 2007

Antarctic Ice Breakups Reveal New Species
By solonavi
Posted in Discovery on 2 March 2007
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National Geographic A potentially new species of shrimplike crustacean in the genus Epimeria was found near Elephant Island in Antarctica, scientists announced on Sunday. The 1-inch-long (2.5-centimeter-long) creature was among nearly a thousand species collected during the first biological survey of a 3,860-square-mile (10,000-square-kilometer) section of the sea that was once covered by thick polar [...]