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Fossil found tucked away in a drawer turns out to be first dinosaur bone from Antarctica

Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica, tucked away for decades in a drawer. The bone comes from the tail of a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur called a titanosaur. Scientists haven’t yet identified the species it belongs to. It was discovered in 1985 during an expedition to Antarctica’s James Ross Island and collected…

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Wildfire in France forces 40,000 people to evacuate as crews battle record blazes across Western Europe

Paris, France — Luggage-clad residents and tourists fled the French peninsula of Cap Ferret by boat and the smell of smoke drifted into parts of Spain’s capital Madrid on Friday as wildfires swept through multiple parts of western Europe, triggering states of emergency and calls for EU help. Some 40,000 people have been evacuated in southwestern…

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