The Ancients Sure Got Around (to the Americas)
If you look around on the web to find out how the first people came to live in North and South America, this is the story you are likely to hear: ‘There were many Ice Ages in the past million years and whenever they peaked, the ocean levels dropped. Just because they Read more…
Hoatzins, Guyana’s National Bird aka the Stink Bird
I first heard of the Hoatzin [pronounced hoh-at-sin] Bird when I was studying for my post on Archaeopteryx a couple of months ago. It’s kind of strange to have a bird so well known in one country that they chose it for their national bird, and yet it’s so unknown in other places! Hoatzins live in Read more…