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Fossilized pregnant turtle finally goes public

Jaiyant Cavale — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:05:45 +0000

What is it that makes us all awe-inspired when we look at fossilized animals? It just could be the fact that humans find something that has existed for millions of years, really bizarre and something that can’t be comprehended easily. Now we...

Rare fossils in India threatened

Madhuri Katti — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:03:43 +0000

A treasure trove of history preserved by nature for millions of years in eastern India is threatened with extinction.

Fossils can symbolize a new species of Dinosaur

Vikas — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:54:14 +0000

A prospecting geologist stumbled upon a ragtag bunch of bones in the northern part of British Columbia, more than three decades ago. A new study suggests these fossils could represent a new species of...

Oldest mother of any species ever found in fossils

Vikas — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:41:39 +0000

She is the oldest mother of any species ever found, a 380-million-year-old fish immortalized in a fossil while still attached to her offspring by an umbilical cord. Dubbed “mother fish” by the scientists who discovered her in...

Study sheds light on Woolly Mammoth demise

Sameer Kumar — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:13:53 +0000

Climate change drove woolly mammoths to the edge of extinction and then humans finished them off, according to a Spanish study on Tuesday that adds to the debate over the demise of the Ice Age...

Massive Dinosaur "graveyard" unearthed in Spain

Reshmi — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:41:20 +0000

A spectacular dinosaur “graveyard”containing thousands of fossils has been discovered by scientists in eastern Spain. It was first discovered in June during construction work for a new high-speed rail link between Madrid...

Fossils reveal Australia's ferocious past!

Irani — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 02:00:57 +0000

Recently, a team of researchers from the University of New South Wales — working in the eastern state of Queensland - dug out a ferocious past of Australia! Three new fossil deposit-discoveries made recently by paleontologists revealed that...

First fossil with sound-producing skeletal structure discovered

Irani — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 05:25:11 +0000

This 35-million-year-old fossil is no ordinary discovery in the field of paleontology. This unique species, Thyrohyrax may have used a balloon-like structural chamber, shaped their bizarre jaws to produce sound. To make this finding, Duke...

Pre-historic Plant That Never Dies!

Irani — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 03:27:14 +0000

Scientists till now have discovered various prehistoric life fossils. But, something that’s still living! No it’s not a living fossil, but its living and it will never die. It’s no fairytale finding. It’s the ‘Amazing...

Time Limits for the Human and Chimpanzee Split is Narrow: Scientists Found

Irani — Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:22:55 +0000

It was between 5 and 7 million years ago, the most recent common ancestor of humans and their closest ape relatives — the chimpanzees, lived. Scientists at Arizona State and Penn State Universities have proposed these new limits on the time....