Two years ago, scientists described 5-million-year-old albatross fossils representing five different species. The fossils, found in North Carolina, raised a question: If albatross once soared above the Atlantic Ocean, why do they now nest only in scattered locations around Antarctica and the northern Pacific?
H. Hasegawa, Toho Univ.
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