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Dinosaur extinction set the stage for frog evolution
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jul 4 (ANI): Turns out, the global catastrophe that delivered the coup de grace to the dinosaurs was actually good news for frogs as they took a leap forward to survival after the mass extinction.
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Warming temperatures could result in extinction of sea turtles
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 22 (ANI): Warmer temperatures mean sea turtles could be driven to extinction, suggests a new study.
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African lions may share same fate as extinct sabre-toothed tigers
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 11 (ANI): African lion is the next big cat species to become extinct as they have lost most of their prey, according to a recent study.
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Seven Himachali languages on verge of extinction
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar.28 (ANI): Union Minister Of State Human Resources Development Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey told Shimla Member Parliament Virender Kashyap that seven languages spoken in higher hills of Himachal Pradesh are on the verge of extinction.
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Species extinction affects complex ecosystems: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 4 (ANI): Research by the UK-based University of Southampton has found that methods used to predict the effect of species extinction on ecosystems could be producing inaccurate results. This is because current thinking assumes that when a species vanishes, its role
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Toxic amphibian defenses at higher risk of extinction
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov. 23 (ANI): A recent study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, found that amphibians which use poisonous defenses are more likely to get extinct than other species.
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Competitive male species adapt faster to climate change
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.14 (ANI): A new study has found that sexually selected species can adapt faster to new environments, and are less likely to go extinct.
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Turns out, early animals responsible for first mass extinction
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 30 (ANI): Newly-discovered fossil evidence from Namibia supports the theory that the world's first mass extinction was caused by "ecosystem engineers" - newly evolved biological organisms that altered the environment so radically it drove older species to e
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