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A 17-million-year-old Egyptian ape fossil challenges long-held ideas that modern apes evolved in East AfricaScientists have discovered a previously unknown ape species in Egypt that lived 17–18 million years ago, adding new clues to the origins of...- In 2011, Swedish and Danish researchers fenced muskoxen out of test areas in Greenland. 3 years later, plants there absorbed only half as much carbon in summerMuskoxen, ancient Arctic survivors, maintain healthy grasslands which store vital carbon. These large herbivores face threats from climate ...
- Nature's first cat! Every time your cat purrs, it echoes 30-million-year-old legacy that began with predator scientists call the world's first true catFirst Cat Proailurus: Long before modern cats evolved, an ancient feline called Proailurus roamed the forests of Europe and Asia around 30 ...
- Scientists drilled only 200 meters into Antarctica and uncovered Earth's oldest ice with 6-million-year-old air trapped insideScientists have recovered 6-million-year-old ice from Antarctica. This ice contains air bubbles from Earth's ancient atmosphere. It offers ...
- How Did a Sea Cow Fossil End Up in Qatar’s Desert? Scientists Finally ExplainResearchers have discovered fossils of a new sea cow species, Salwasiren qatarensis, in the deserts of Qatar, dating back 21 million years....
- Fossil Coral in the Amazon Basin Confirms Ancient Seaway During the MioceneFossil coral and marine remains unearthed deep within the Amazon rainforest reveal that parts of the basin were once submerged by shallow o...
- Scientists Say the Most Powerful Fossils Aren’t Bones They’re Footprints Frozen in TimeFossilized footprints, not bones, offer profound insights into ancient life, revealing movement, social behaviors, and even courtship ritua...
- The Arctic Wasn’t Always Frozen: Fossils Reveal a Lost World of Forests, Rhinos and Nesting DinosaursFossil evidence reveals that the Arctic was once a warm, forested region supporting large mammals such as hornless rhinoceroses and dinosau...
- Shovel-Tusked Elephants’ Teeth Puzzle Solved by PaleontologistsShovel-tusked elephants, once an evolutionary puzzle, are now understood to have used their unique tusks and teeth to efficiently process s...
- Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 strikes Carlsberg RidgeA magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck the Carlsberg Ridge on August 17, 2025. The National Center for Seismology reported the quake's shallow d...
- Trump’s deal with Pakistan raises a big question: Does India’s arch-rival really have large oil reserves? Here’s what we knowTrump Pakistan Deal: Donald Trump announced a new energy deal between the U.S. and Pakistan, hinting at potential oil sales to India despit...
- Rare megalodon 'tooth' discovered in a sudden find by teenager on a road trip, everything we knowA fossil-hunting family, recently stumbled upon a 'monster' tooth of a fossil in South Carolina, while being on a trip to Tennessee, accord...
- Nine women scientists who are doing phenomenal workThese nine women scientists have aimed for the moon, dissected the brain and shattered glass ceilings.
- Last ancestor of humans small like gibbons: StudyLondon, Oct 13 (IANS) Researchers have found that the last common ancestor of apes and humans was likely small, probably weighing about 12 ...
- 5.7 million years old human-like footprints found in GreeceLondon, Sep 2 (IANS) In a finding that could challenge the widely accepted theories of human evolution, researchers have discovered 5.7 mil...
- RIL strikes natural gas in KG D9 blockRIL has made a natural gas discovery in the very first well drilled on its D9 block in the Krishna Godavari basin off the east coast of Ind...
- RIL slumps 4% as Hardy boys pull out of KG-D9 wellReliance Industries fell 4% after its minority partner Hardy Oil & Gas of the UK said it was abandoning exploration at a well in the D9 blo...
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