- Fossil Coral in the Amazon Basin Confirms Ancient Seaway During the Miocene
Fossil coral and marine remains unearthed deep within the Amazon rainforest reveal that parts of the basin were once submerged by shallow o...
01 Mar, 2026, 11.09 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
The Arctic Once Had Palm Trees: What the Fossils RevealFossil evidence from the High Arctic reveals that palm trees and subtropical plants once thrived in the polar region. This occurred during ...
22 Feb, 2026, 04.56 PM IST
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...
18 Feb, 2026, 12.36 PM IST
Is Antarctica's icy exterior hiding a lush, prehistoric paradise? Scientists uncover shocking evidence!Scientists have uncovered an ancient landscape beneath Antarctica's ice, revealing a past environment with rivers and forests that existed ...
05 Jun, 2025, 11.04 PM IST
From Brazil to Cameroon: Nearly 260 similar dinosaur footprints found in opposite sides of the Atlantic oceanResearchers have discovered more than 260 similar dinosaur footprints in Brazil and Cameroon, indicating that 120 million years ago, Africa...
30 Aug, 2024, 01.05 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
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
Largest great ape to ever live went extinct because of climate change, study findsThe study does not determine on which continent the great ape family first arose. However, fossil records show that Africa, Europe, and Asi...
11 Jan, 2024, 04.45 PM IST
The largest great ape became extinct due to climate change, claims new studyThe species Gigantopithecus blacki, which once lived in southern China, represents the largest great ape known to scientists - standing 10 ...
10 Jan, 2024, 11.38 PM IST
When did humans arrive in America: Research, timeline, footprints| InsightsResearch on the footprints found in New Mexico has proved that humans came to America 23,000 years ago. Know in detail.
07 Oct, 2023, 08.11 PM IST
21,000-yr-old Footprints in New Mexico may be the oldest evidence of human migration in the AmericasThe new study presents two additional lines of evidence for the older date range. It uses two entirely different materials found at the sit...
06 Oct, 2023, 09.44 AM IST
Pollen grains analysis unveils secret of 1st human migration into Eurasia 50,000 yrs agoDispersal of people occurred during some of the highest temperatures in the late Pleistocene, which also would have featured higher humidit...
02 Oct, 2023, 06.40 PM IST
By 2070, 50% of India’s mangroves will shift or vanish due to climate change: Study17 Nov, 2022, 09.03 PM IST
- Lemon was a luxury item for ancient Romans: Study
New York, Aug 19 (IANS) The humble citrus fruit lemon, a cash crop, was introduced in ancient Rome from Israel and was once considered an i...
19 Aug, 2017, 06.27 PM IST
- Once rich in biodiversity, Konkan mangroves on the decline now
The diversity and distribution of present day mangrove vegetation along the west coast and Konkan in particular, is under tremendous stress.
03 Jul, 2012, 03.52 AM IST
- Antarctica went through heat wave 15.7 million yrs ago: Study
Scientists have revealed that Antarctica went through a heat wave nearly 15.7 million years ago during which plants and algae were abundant...
05 Oct, 2009, 09.50 AM IST