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JURASSIC INSECTS
Flowers are older than dinosaurs! The 1st blossom bloomed 38 million years agoFlowers can be preserved in striking detail. Dripping tree sap and resin fossilised the petals and pollen of a fossil flower in a Baltic co...
13 May, 2024, 11.49 PM IST
Not always an apex predator: Remains of 1st prey in 75 mn-yr-old tyrannosaur belly indicate giant lizard had 'appetite for drumsticks'Young tyrannosaurs had slender heads and legs, sharp knife-like teeth for dissecting carcasses, and could probably run quite fast to catch ...
11 Dec, 2023, 09.06 AM 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
Giant bug found in Arkansas by university scientist is a rare Jurassic-era insect. See detailsA giant flying bug discovered on the side of a Walmart in Arkansas by Michael Skvarla, director of Penn State University's Insect Identific...
03 Mar, 2023, 02.36 AM IST
Paleontologists discover 1st 'unmistakable' caecilian fossils of amphibian-like animal29 Jan, 2023, 10.35 PM IST
Why some are afraid to have sago or tapioca pearls that come from prehistoric plantsJains are particularly cautioned to avoid it for violating their strict rules against killing.
19 Jun, 2022, 10.08 AM IST
- Fossil study identifies 200 million-year-old insect colour
Washington, April 12 (IANS) An international team led by Chinese scientists has revealed the wing colour of a 200 million-year-old insect v...
12 Apr, 2018, 05.57 AM IST
Jurassic period saw fastest mammal evolutionMammals were evolving up to ten times faster in the middle of the Jurassic than they were at the end of the period, coinciding with an expl...
20 Jul, 2015, 05.45 PM IST
- Sakura Sojourn: Museums of the Smithsonian in Washington DC
One trip to Washington DC is simply not enough time to take in all the museums of the Smithsonian and yet admire the beauty of the cherry b...
30 Jun, 2011, 08.07 AM IST
- Bata Nagar
The bata shoe museum and the needle-nosed cn tower are just some of the treats cosmopolitan toronto had in store.
17 May, 2007, 12.05 AM IST