new york state museum Archives

Pterygotid sea scorpions: No longer terror of the ancient seas?

BUFFALO, NY (December 22, 2010) — Experiments by a team of researchers in New York and New Jersey have generated evidence that questions the common belief that the pterygotid eurypterids (“sea scorpions”) were high-level predators in the Paleozoic …

Interstate underpasses designed for wildlife attract anything but

Why did the deer cross the road? It didn’t. And neither did the bear, fox or coyote, according to a new study by the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society that says wildlife underpasses designed to keep wildlife off the New York Thruway are not working.