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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 oldest Pterodactylus fossil in Germany
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
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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Ancient superpredator got big by front-loading its growth in its youth: St
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Whatcheeria, a six-foot-long salamander-like creature that lived 340 million years ago, was the T. rex of its time: the biggest, baddest predator in its habitat. A new study reveals how they grew to their "giant" size: instead of growing slow and steady throughout their lives like many moder
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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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Zoo administration makes special arrangements to protect birds, animals fr
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The zoo management is using grass curtains, heaters and bulbs to protect them from winter season. The management has also changed their diet plan in respect to the changing weather conditions in the region.
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New Jersey: Snake on United flight sends passengers into panic
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Jersey [US], October 19 (ANI): The unexpected appearance of a snake on a plane sent passengers into a panic on Monday at the end of a flight from Florida's Tampa city to New Jersey and called the workers at Newark Liberty International Airport to catch the reptile.
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Fossil reveals Pterosaur relatives before they evolved wings: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 6 (ANI): A new study of a tiny Triassic fossil reptile first discovered over 100 years ago in the northeast of Scotland has revealed it to be a close relative of the species that would become pterosaurs' iconic flying reptiles of the age of the dinosaurs.
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Discovery of extinct prehistoric reptile that lived among dinosaurs: Resea
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a new extinct species of lizard-like reptile that belongs to the same ancient lineage as New Zealand's living tuatara. A team of scientists describe the new species Opisthiamimus gregori, which once inhabited Jurassic North Ame
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Research reveals global warming spawned the age of reptiles
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 23 (ANI): Researchers reveal the rapid evolution and radiation of reptiles actually began before the end of the Permian in connection to the steadily increasing temperatures, which drove successive climate changes over 60 million years.
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World Snake Day: Here's 5 deadliest snakes to beware of
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Snakes carry an aura of fear around them as people are terrified of this reptile. Although these hissing creatures are dreaded all over the world for their poisonous bites and sudden attacks, these slithery reptiles have a day of their own, to their name.
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Study examines last day of dinosaurs
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Uppsala [Sweden], February 28 (ANI): Dinosaurs have been extinct for over 65 million years and yet, questions still surround as to how massive creatures like them became extinct to such an extent that not even a trace of them is left now. Scientists have been pondering and researching this f
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Study finds zoos might be able to improve lives of animals
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Exeter [UK], January 27 (ANI): A recent study has found that zoos and aquariums could improve the lives of a wider range of their animals.
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