Tag: archaeology

October 27, 2022

Ancient bone deposits reveal past albatross abundance

Ancient albatross bones have revealed that the birds were likely more plentiful in Vancouver Island Archipelago centuries before unregulated harvests decimated their populations. Short-tailed albatrosses (Phoebastria albatrus) are found across...

March 22, 2019

Tracking sea otter tool use to inform conservation

Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) biologists have combined forces with archaeologists to develop new ways to track past activity of the marine mammals. The collaboration could help inform conservationists and biologist...