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AQUATIC EVOLUTION
For millions of years, this ancient fish was thought extinct since the age of the dinosaurs—until it was found alive in South Africa and changed science foreverA chance discovery in South Africa in 1938 unveiled a 'living fossil' – a fish thought extinct for 65 million years, since the age of dinos...- In the 1960s, Sudbury's nickel smelters turned Ontario's lakes acidic, and tiny creatures evolved to survive, but when the pollution cleared, something unexpected happenedScientists witnessed evolution in action as a tiny copepod species, Leptodiaptomus minutus, adapted to acidic lakes in Killarney Provincial...
- This 415-million-year-old monster scorpion existed before trees, and it's the biggest everScientists have identified Praearcturus gigas, a one-meter-long scorpion from the Early Devonian period, as the largest scorpion ever disco...
- Scientists just found a "fake dinosaur" that walked on two legs like a dinosaur 212 million years agoA newly named 'witch croc,' Labrujasuchus expectatus, roamed the American Southwest 212 million years ago, predating similar dinosaur forms...
- Ocean Animals Are Forming Strange FriendshipsRemarkable interspecies cooperation is reshaping our understanding of marine life. Octopuses and reef fish are now observed hunting togethe...
- Scientists Just Found One of the Earliest Flying Reptiles in North AmericaA significant fossil find in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park reveals North America's oldest pterosaur. This 209-million-year-old f...
- Why Do Some Land Animals Keep Webbed Feet Even Without Water? The Strange Evolutionary PuzzleScientists discover webbed feet in land animals, challenging common assumptions. This trait, initially for swimming, also aids movement on ...
- Hidden for millions of years, scientists identify a new dinosaur species deep in the SaharaPaleontologists have discovered a new species of Spinosaurus, Spinosaurus mirabilis, in the remote Sahara Desert of Niger. Unlike other spi...
- Why Crocodiles Don’t Eat Capybaras: The Real Science Behind Nature’s Most Chill StandoffInternet users are often baffled by capybaras calmly coexisting with crocodiles. However, this isn't about friendship but evolutionary stra...
- New study warns of rising invasive alien species threat, urges immediate actionA recent study published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution has highlighted the urgent need to address the growing threat posed by...
- Australia: Scientists discover lizard-like ancient amphibian species which occupied country 247 million years agoWith fewer than 10 fossils of this lizard-like species being globally recognized, experts suggest that the revelation could revolutionize o...
- How ancient plants 'learnt' to use water in over 500 million years as they moved on to landPlants' relationship with water has changed dramatically over the last 500 million years.
- 'New electric eel species produces strongest animal shock'What was once known as a single species of electric eel is actually three different species, with one of the newly classified organism prod...
- Climate change may make species infertile: StudyCertain groups are thought to be most vulnerable to climate-induced fertility loss, including cold-blooded animals and aquatic species. Cur...
- 'Jumping gene' from plants is known to cause cancer and neurological disorders in humansCross-species transfers, even between plants and animals, have occurred frequently throughout evolution.
- Ancient snakes both like eels, burrowed like wormsCanberra, Aug 23 (IANS) Ancient snakes may have been more adept at moving through water and living underground than their contemporary coun...
- IIT-Madras develops stealth shipsThe bio-inspired propulsion systems can be used in ships remotely , underwater and in aerial vehicles as well.
- Metal pollution behind world's largest extinction events: StudyHeavy metal pollution might have contributed to some of the world's largest extinction events, according to a study of 415-million-year old...
- The world's oldest flowering plant may be 130-million-year-oldScientists have identified a 125 mn- to 130 mn-year-old freshwater plant, a contemporary of dinosaurs, as one of earliest flowering plants ...
- Seafaring spiders depend on their 'sails' and 'anchors'Spiders can travel large distances across water like ships, using their legs as sails and their silk as an anchor, a new study has found.
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