Britain would make empty Terra Australis a penal colony: his idea had finally won.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Natives and Exotics'

He had sailed the Pacific with the famous Captain Cook and seen the wonders of Tahiti, Terra Australis, all the rest.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Natives and Exotics'

The new classification as Tursiops australis is described in PLoS One.

BBC: New species of dolphin discovered

While there are a raft of bells and whistles -- a new welcome page, curvy Australis tabs, Flash and HTML5 support, for starters -- it's the browser's newfound speed that is getting the MVP treatment.

ENGADGET: Native Firefox Android browser adds speed, Flash, HTML5 and a fresh look (hands-on)

Kate Charlton-Robb of Monash University in Melbourne and her colleagues studied dolphin skulls found in a number of museums, as well as more detailed analysis of DNA, to show that T. australis is clearly a different animal.

BBC: New species of dolphin discovered

They will focus on the places above the poles where the wind pierces the earth's magnetic defences and causes, among other things, the shimmering lights of the aurora borealis and aurora australis, and interference with radio communications.

ECONOMIST: Birds of a feather

Over the course of five years, the filmmakers collected video footage from some of the most remote places on the planet, including the Aurora Australis in Antarctica, the peaks of the Himalayas, and the tropical birds of Papua New Guinea, to reveal the earth's intrinsic beauty and harsh realities.

CNN: 'Earth' takes viewers on 'breathtaking' global journey