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Dinosaur species were already in decline much before meteor strike, says study
• 4 years agoThe Chicxulub meteor crashed into the Yucatan peninsula around 66 million years ago but the team found that dinosaur species decline began around 76 million years ago.
Scientists rewrite mammoth's family tree using DNA from fossil that's more than one mn years old
• 4 years agoThis mammoth DNA smashes the record for the oldest DNA ever sequenced, which was previously held by a roughly 700,000-year-old horse specimen.
International wildlife trade is causing over 60 percent species on Earth to go extinct
• 4 years agoAt least 100 million plants, animals are internationally trafficked each year and the trade is said to be worth between USD 4-20 billion per year.
Two new species of rare ant discovered in Kerala and Tamil Nadu by researchers
• 4 years agoIn India, the genus was so far represented by two species, with nine and eleven-segmented antennae, respectively.
Future seems uncertain: Breathing life into the Corpse flower that smells like death
Undark • 4 years agoCorpse flowers aren’t doing great in their native home of Sumatra, as they are dwindling because of deforestation for lumber and crops.
How many plants have we wiped out completely? Here are five extinction stories
• 5 years agoOnce biologists suspect a documented species’ extinction, the challenge then shifts to proving whether it has disappeared forever or just disappeared from sight
David Attenborough's new documentary warns humanity to save other species from mass extinction to protect themselves
• 5 years agoAt the start of the Extinction: The Facts documentary, Attenborough said, "We are facing a crisis and one that has consequences for us all."
Our Neanderthal ancestors were most sensitive to pain than us; scientists specify genes responsible
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoPeople with the Neanderthal variant of the gene were found to experience 'pain more often than those who did not'.
Wild tales: In new book, Janaki Lenin explores fascinating animal behaviour through a scientific lens
Suryasarathibhattacharya • 5 years agoJanaki Lenin's book Every Creature Has a Story is a compilation of 50 essays on various unique behavioural patterns observed and documented by wildlife scientists across the globe.
List of all creatures, large and small: First universal 'list of species' on Earth, in the making
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoNo single, agreed-upon list of species exists. Researchers say some iconic animals even have competing lists.