If the species does go extinct, it will join Florida’s Dusky seaside sparrow as an endangered species that has died out while under federal protection

Researchers studying the fossil-rich Upper Las Vegas Wash found the first evidence that an extinct, ice age wolf species once lived in Nevada, officials from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas announced this week.

Meet UNLV Michael Pravica. The physics professor will spill on the spill, discussing what went down — rather, what came up — from a physicist’s perspective during the BP oil spill.