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Research shows that fossil bones of the "Perucetus colossus" whale discovered in Peru could indicate that it was the heaviest animal to have ever existed.
2023-08-3

A study in "Science Advances" reveals that Chilean Antarctic Institute scientists have discovered fossils from an unprecedented herbivorous hadrosaur called "Gonkoken nanoi", which inhabited Patagonia 72 million years ago.
2023-06-16

Rain falls on the summit of Greenland for the first time in recorded history. The rain shower dumped more than 7 billion tonnes of water on the ice sheet.
2021-08-19

In response to reports that U.S. President Donald Trump expressed interest in the United States acquiring Greenland, Greenland's Foreign Minister Ane Lone Bagger dismisses the idea, noting on Twitter that "a better and more equal partnership with Denmark should be the way forward for a stronger and longer-term free Greenland".
2019-08-16

The journal "Scientific Reports" publishes research from a team, led by Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum's Stephen Poropat, reporting the discovery of a new Australian dinosaur species, "Savannasaurus elliottorum", using fossils first found in 2005 at Winton, Queensland, Australia.
2016-10-20

Scientists discover an 800km long canyon that is up to 800m deep in places beneath the ice sheet that covers Greenland.
2013-08-30

3 Greenpeace activists successfully evade a Danish warship to scale an oil rig off the coast of Greenland, attempting to begin deepwater drilling in the arctic.
2011-05-29

A new species of ancient crocodile, "Khoratosuchus jintasakuli", is identified from a fossil in Thailand. [https:--web.archive.org-web-20101202152121-http:--www.npr.org-2010-11-25-131592406-100-million-year-old-crocodile-species-discovered (NPR)] 10.1144-SP315.13 ("Geol. Soc., Lond., Spec. Pub.")
2010-11-25

Cairn Energy discovers gas off the coast of Greenland, amid protests from Greenpeace demanding it halt its oil operations.
2010-08-24

American scientists announce an ice sheet has broken from Greenland's Petermann Glacier.
2010-08-6