The Arctic is alive and some rare extinct rhino fossils tell us how
It has four toes, rather than the usual three. It is around one metre tall, small, like a carnival pony. And it has no horn. Some 23 million years ago, the creature roamed the High Arctic, crossing between North America and Eurasia — a feat researchers previously thought impossible. “It” is a recently discovered, extinct rhino. Epiatheracerium itjilik, the Arctic...
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![Melanie Brulée and Martin Noakes shoulder to shoulder at the 2025 Canadian Folk Music Awards. Brûlée wears a large brimmed black hat (her signature). They both smile ear to ear with their red passes for the event at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau Qc. [Photo courtesy of Great Dark Wonder]](https://capitalcurrent.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Martin-and-Melanie-585x329.webp)
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