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CRETACEOUS ANTARCTICA
90 million years ago, Antarctica had a temperate forest just 900 kilometers from the South Pole despite months of darkness. 90 million years later, scientists found its roots, pollen and spores preserved in seafloor sediment beneath today's frozen continent- In 1996, a hidden dinosaur in Patagonia became the Southern Hemisphere's first known raptor that roamed 90 million years ago: Fossil discovery explains how raptors spread across ancient Earth
- An 80-million-year-old snake fossil from Brazil is helping solve the mystery of how lizards lost their limbs and began to slither
- A museum drawer hid this dinosaur secret for 40 years, until now when everything changedAntarctica dinosaur fossil discovery: A forgotten fossil, overlooked for 40 years in a museum drawer, has revealed Antarctica's first dinos...30 Jun, 2026, 11.34 PM IST
- Scientists thought this ancient ice sheet was stable until buried fossils revealed a lost forest beneath AntarcticaScientists discovered fossils revealing Antarctica was once a swampy temperate rainforest. This ancient forest existed around 90 million ye...11 May, 2026, 05.34 PM IST
- What Lies Beneath the Ocean Floor? 66 Million Years of Climate History ExplainedScientists are unlocking Earth's climate secrets buried deep beneath the ocean. Sediment cores, like ancient books, reveal millions of year...05 Mar, 2026, 06.06 PM IST
- A Rainforest Once Covered West Antarctica: Sediment Cores Reveal How It VanishedAstonishingly, dense temperate rainforests once flourished near the South Pole 90 million years ago. Fossil evidence from seabed cores reve...01 Mar, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
- A Massive Lost Continent Is Hiding Beneath the Pacific, Geologists SayA massive underwater landmass, Zealandia, is now scientifically classified as a continent. This discovery reshapes our understanding of Ear...25 Feb, 2026, 04.44 PM IST
- Scientists discover river system that flowed 40 million years under ice in AntarcticaGeologists have discovered an old river that formerly flowed through Antarctica but is now buried below kilometers of ice.22 Jun, 2024, 07.52 PM IST
- Fossils of 130-yr-million male mosquitoes found in LebanonThe two fossilized mosquitoes, both representing the same extinct species, are similar in size and appearance to modern mosquitoes, though ...06 Dec, 2023, 08.00 PM IST
- Earth may have brand new continent 'Zealandia'The 4.9 million kilometre region of the southwest Pacific Ocean is made up of continental crust, researchers said.17 Feb, 2017, 03.26 PM IST
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