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Lost world of birds and frogs: Scientists open a million-year-old cave time capsule in New Zealand, where 12 bird species and four frogs reveal a lost world reshaped by volcanoes and climate long before humans arrivedA remarkable fossil discovery in a New Zealand cave has unveiled a lost world of ancient birds and frogs, dating back one million years. Th...- Archaeologists discovered a lost prehistoric corridor of 8,000-year-old human and animal footprints along the UK coast, revealing a vanished ecosystemAncient footprints are emerging from the sands of Formby Beach in England. These tracks reveal humans and animals like wolves and deer walk...
- 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...
- How Do Jellyfish Survive With No Brain?Jellyfish, lacking a central brain, exhibit remarkable coordination through decentralized nerve nets and specialized sensory structures cal...
- The world’s oldest vertebrates had four eyes, scientists reveal in stunning discoveryFossils of the prehistoric fish genus myllokunmingiid, more than 518 million years old, reveal that early vertebrates may have had four fun...
- The 400-year-old shark: How the Greenland Shark lives for centuries in the coldThe Greenland shark, the longest-lived vertebrate, lives for centuries due to its slow metabolism in frigid waters. Reaching sexual maturit...
- Surprising discovery reveals how giant flightless birds reached distant landsOstriches, emus, rheas, and other flightless birds are seen in six continents, but their evolutionary origins have long been a mystery. Rec...
- 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 ...
- IIT scientist unearth ancient Indian dinosaur; here's what they discovered about the earliest dinosaur, Tharosaurus IndicusScientists from the Indian Institute of Technology and the Geological Survey of India have discovered a new species of long-necked dicraeos...
- Shark Week starts; here are some interesting facts about sharks that may surprise youSharks, ancient vertebrates dating back 450 million years, comprise over 500 diverse species. They possess cartilaginous skeletons, remarka...
- World's oldest heart, aged 380 million years found in Australia; read details hereA beautifully preserved heart that dates back around 380 million years has been discovered in Australia. Curtin University in Perth led the...
- Google celebrates diversity of the planet with interactive doodle this Earth DayThe doodle features six organisms across elevations, along with fun facts about them.
- Tumour found in 255 million-year-old mammalian ancestorWashington, Dec 9 (IANS) US researchers said on Thursday they have discovered a tumour in a 255-million-year-old mammalian ancestor called ...
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