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Researchers present new bizarre species of extinct lizard, previously misi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): During a recent study, an international research team described a new species of Oculudentavis and provided further evidence that the animal first identified as a hummingbird-sized dinosaur was actually a lizard.
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Researchers discover 18.5 million year old vine fossil as new species
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 8 (ANI): An 18.5 million-year-old fossil found in Panama researchers at the Cornell University provides evidence of a new species and is the oldest reliable example of a climbing woody vine known as a liana from the soapberry family. The discovery sheds light on the evol
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Researchers discover new amphibious centipede species in Okinawa, Taiwan
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 18 (ANI): A new species of large, tropical centipede of genus Scolopendra has been discovered by researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University and Hosei University in Okinawa and Taiwan.
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Newly discovered bacteria breaks down soil pollutants
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 21 (ANI): Researchers have found a new species of soil bacteria that is particularly adept at breaking down organic matter, including the cancer-causing chemicals that are released when coal, gas, oil and waste products are burned.
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Scientists discover 10 new bird taxa
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Singapore [Malaysia], Jan 12(ANI): A research team has found five new species of birds and five more subspecies in Wallacea, in what can be considered a big leap in terms of finding new bird species in the past 20 years.
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Japanese scientists unearth largest dinosaur fossils
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 6 (ANI): Researchers from Japan have unearthed a new species of dinosaur which measured eight-meters long and weighed close to five tons.
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Researchers discover fossil of monster penguin in New Zealand
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 14 (ANI): Researchers have found a new species of giant penguin, which is about 1.6 metres tall, from fossils in Waipara, North Canterbury.
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Eleven new species of rain frogs discovered in tropical Andes
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 4 (ANI): Eleven new rain frog species have been discovered in the tropical Andes making it the largest number of frog species described in a single article from the western hemisphere in over a decade.
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New species of flying squirrel found
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 20 (ANI): Third species of the most mysterious and rarest amongst all flying squirrels has been discovered in Yunnan Province of China.
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New species of lizard found in stomach of microraptor, named after Lord In
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 14 (ANI): A team of researchers has discovered a new specimen of a microraptor -- volant dromaeosaurid Microraptor zhaoianus -- with the remains of a nearly complete lizard preserved in its stomach. The researchers have named the lizard after Lord Indra.
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Two new species of fungi identified in retreating Arctic glacier
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): Two new species of fungi have made an appearance in a rapidly melting glacier on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic.
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Rare treefrog discovered in the Andes of Ecuador
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 03 (ANI): A new species of treefrog was discovered during a two-week expedition to a remote tabletop mountain at Cordillera del Condor in the eastern Andes.
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