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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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Research reveals global warming spawned the age of reptiles
Updated : 3 years, 6 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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Embryos of many species use sound to prepare for the outside world, finds
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], May 27 (ANI): It's well known that reptiles depend on temperature cues while in the egg to determine a hatchling's sex. Now, researchers writing in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution say that embryos of many different animal species also rely on acoustic signal
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Uttarakhand gets its first eco-bridge for small animals
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 1 (ANI): In an attempt to save reptiles and small animals from vehicular accidents while crossing the road, the Ramnagar Forest Division of Uttarakhand has constructed the state's first eco-bridge across Kaladhungi-Nainital highway.
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Cyclone Nisarga: Animals at Mumbai Zoo shifted to holding centres
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 3 (ANI): In the wake of Cyclone Nisarga, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday shifted the inmates of the Byculla Zoo including tiger, leopard, hyena, various reptiles and others, into their holding areas at the zoo.
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Deforestation, Climate change could decimate Madagascar's rainforest habit
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): A study has found that left unchecked, the combined effects of deforestation and human-induced climate change could eliminate Madagascar's entire eastern rainforest habitat by 2070, impacting thousands of plants, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians that are
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Chennai: Exotic species of juvenile pythons, lizards seized from airport,
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 10 (ANI): Exotic species of juvenile pythons and lizards were seized on Thursday at Chennai International Airport here by Customs officials who detained two men in this connection.
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Jurassic crocodile discovery sheds light on reptiles' family tree
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 9 (ANI): Researchers have identified species of 150 million-year-old marine crocodile, which gives insights into how a group of ancient animals evolved.
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75% of pet reptiles die within a year: Study
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], October 27 (ANI): You may have to avoid keeping those reptiles and amphibians like turtles, snakes, lizards, tortoises as pets as 75 per cent of them die during their first year, warns a recent study.
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