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Study finds dinosaurs were in their prime before downfall due to asteroid
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A landmark study has revealed that dinosaurs dominated the world right up until a deadly asteroid hit the earth, leading to their mass extinction, some 66 million years ago.
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South American volcanoes may have led to whale extinctions: Research
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According to research conducted by the Geological Society of America, a past climatic change is being linked to the extinction of an ancient variety of whales.
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Researchers discover oldest Pterodactylus fossil in Germany
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Pterosaurs, the flying reptiles of the dinosaur era, originated in the Late Triassic (227 million years ago) and became extinct at the end-Cretaceous extinction event (66 million years ago). With wing spans ranging from 1 to 12 meters, they dominated the world's skies for more than 160 milli
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World's most unique birds are facing extinction
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A recent study found that bird species with uncommon or severe combinations of traits are more likely to become extinct.
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Planet's most unique birds at higher risk of extinction
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A new study finds that bird species with extreme or uncommon combinations of traits face the highest risk of extinction. The findings are published in the British Ecological Society journal Functional Ecology.
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Research helps to resolve evolutionary origins of the 'platypus of fungi'
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About 600 seemingly disparate fungi that never quite found a fit along the fungal family tree has been shown to have a common ancestor, according to a University of Alberta-led research team that used genome sequencing to give these peculiar creatures their own classification home.
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Rapid fluctuations in oxygen levels coincided with Earth's first mass exti
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Rapid changes in marine oxygen levels may have played a significant role in driving Earth's first mass extinction, according to a new study led by Florida State University researchers.
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Research: Evolution of tree roots may have driven mass extinction
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The evolution of tree roots may have triggered a series of mass extinctions that rocked the Earth's oceans during the Devonian Period over 300 million years ago, according to a study led by scientists at IUPUI, along with colleagues in the United Kingdom.
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Study shows Earth's first known mass extinction event 550 million years ag
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The earliest morphological traces of life on Earth are often highly controversial, both because non-biological processes can produce relatively similar structures and because such fossils have often been subjected to advanced alteration and metamorphism. Stromatolites, layered organo-sedimen
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Avoiding extinction: Asian animals found to be thriving near humans
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Queensland [Australia], October 24 (ANI): According to a University of Queensland-led study, some of Asia's largest creatures, like tigers and elephants, are living with people despite trends toward extinction that date back 12,000 years.
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Invasive species from the past can help present conservation efforts: Stud
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Washington [US], October 13 (ANI): Non-native species that invade and firmly establish themselves in new regions have staggering economic and ecological consequences. Recent studies estimate that, in the United States alone, invasive species now cause more than US$120 billion in monetary dam
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Researchers find domestication history of bananas that reveals mystery anc
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Washington [US], October 7 (ANI): People on the island of New Guinea are said to have cultivated bananas 7,000 years ago. However, the history of banana domestication is convoluted, and their categorization is widely discussed, as the borders between species and subspecies are sometimes amb
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