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Israel: Attempt to smuggle 200 animals from Thailand thwarted
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Customs inspectors at Ben Gurion Airport, in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the Nature and Parks Authority, thwarted an attempt to smuggle from Thailand about 200 animals of various species, including turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, and crabs.
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Fossils of unexplored marine lizards species from Jurassic era discovered
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
European scientists, while studying the fossils of a marine lizard found back in 1978 in the city of Holzmaden in southern Germany, discovered that it belongs to a new, previously unexplored species of plesiosaurs. This was reported on August 4 in an article in the scientific journal PeerJ.
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STF Assam seizes 11 Tokay Gecko lizards, nabs 3 smugglers in Dibrugarh
Updated : 11 months ago IST
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police recovered and seized 11 Tokay Gecko lizards and apprehended three smugglers in Assam's Dibrugarh district on Friday, officials said.
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Two held at Jaipur airport with 9 wildlife species hidden in luggage
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The seized reptiles include Corn snake, King snake, Albino snake, Milk snake, and Green iguana, Monitor lizard, Tarantula, Red squirrel and a packet of white mice.
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Climate change driving 'cost-of-living' squeeze in lizards, finds study
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Desert lizards are experiencing a 'cost-of-living' pinch as global temperatures rise, according to a new study.
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Five Reasons to Choose Komodo National Park As your Next Nature Excursion
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 31: Known for its breathtaking natural beauty above and below the water, Komodo National Park in the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Although the Komodo dragons are the most renowned of its natural wonders, the
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'Jumping genes' help fungus kill salamanders: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A fungus that infects salamanders contains multiple copies of the same "jumping genes", scientists have discovered. Jumping genes, called transposons, can "copy and paste" themselves and impact the organism.
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Rare discovery of dinosaur remains preserved with its last meal: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Microraptor was opportunistic predator, feeding on fish, birds, lizards and now small mammals. The discovery of a rare fossil reveals the creature was a generalist carnivore in the ancient ecosystem of dinosaurs.
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Million years old lizard found in storeroom cupboard pushes origin of rept
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A specimen retrieved from a cupboard of the Natural History Museum in London has shown that modern lizards originated in the Late Triassic and not the Middle Jurassic as previously thought.
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Researchers discover overlooked Jurassic Park of lizards
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New research published today in eLife by researchers from the Institut Catala de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) and the University of Bristol (UB) moves back the moment of the radiation of squamates the group of reptiles that includes lizards, snakes and worm lizards to the Jurassic
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Plant study hints evolution may be predictable
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Evolution has long been viewed as a rather random process, with the traits of species shaped by chance mutations and environmental events and therefore largely unpredictable.
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Venom in snakes and salivary protein in mammals share a common origin: Stu
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Snakes, some lizards and even a few mammals can have a venomous bite. Although these lineages split more than 300 million years ago, their venoms have evolved from the same ancestral salivary protein, reported scientists today in BMC Biology.
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