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Tom Edathikunnel

First-of-its-kind bird fossil found in Brazil

It dates back approximately 115 million years and reveals a prehistoric bird with long tail feathers, a first-of-its-kind find for South America.

Tom Edathikunnel

June 9, 2015

An octopus senses light with its skin

New research shows an octopus can change skin color in response to light, without input from the eye or brain.

Tom Edathikunnel

May 25, 2015

Opah, the first truly warm-blooded fish

It circulates heated blood through its body as mammals and birds do. Its warm blood makes the opah a high-performance predator that swims faster, sees better.

Tom Edathikunnel

May 20, 2015

Sea salt on Jupiter’s moon Europa

Europa is thought to have a subsurface ocean. Salt from this hidden sea might be emerging in long fractures visible in the moon's crust.

Tom Edathikunnel

May 18, 2015

An ancient magnetic field on Mercury

Near the end of its mission, the MESSENGER spacecraft revealed Mercury's magnetic field to be at least 3.7 to 3.9 billion years old, or older.

Tom Edathikunnel

May 12, 2015

Tom Edathikunnel

Tom Edathikunnel is an aspiring science writer who has contributed to The Ecologist, Habitat for Humanity, and Patch, as well as EarthSky. As a native New Yorker, Tom enjoys spending his time at the Museum of Natural History. Alongside his passion for reading, writing and science, Tom also plays bass guitar and piano.