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Scientists define global conservation priorities for endangered carnivores

Washington, August 27 (ANI): In a new study, a team of Brazilian researchers has defined global conservation priorities that encompass socioeconomic and life-history factors for endangered carnivores.

The team, led by Dr. Rafael Loyola, examined four global conservation scenarios for carnivores based on the joint mapping of economic costs and species biological traits.

They focused their [...]

Largest dino footprints in Europe discovered in Swiss Alps

London, August 19 (ANI): Scientists have found the largest dinosaur footprints ever to be discovered in Europe, which are discovered half way up a Swiss mountain.

According to a report in the Telegraph, a team of paleontologists from the Natural History Museum in Basel found the prints at 3,300 metres on a mountain in Ela [...]

Three new Aussie dinos discovered

Sydney, July 3 (ANI): In a new research, paleontologists have unveiled three new Australian dinosaur skeletons in outback Queensland, Australia.

According to a report by ABC News, the two herbivores and one carnivore, excavated from the Winton formation, roamed our land during the Cretaceous period – 98 million years ago.

Palaeontologist and lead author Dr Scott Hocknull, [...]

Now, alien spotters spot a Martian skull on the Red planet

London, May 1 (ANI): UFO experts have spotted what they claim is an alien skull on Mars.

The claims were made after NASA beamed back satellite images from the planet.

The picture, which was taken by a panoramic NASA camera known as Spirit, shows an oddly shaped space boulder that appears to show eye sockets and a [...]

How seals got their flippers

Washington, April 23 (ANI): A newly discovered fossilized skeleton of a carnivorous animal, has helped scientists pinpoint the origin of flippers – limb adaptations for swimming in water, in seals, sea lions, and the walrus.

Researchers from the United States and Canada found the fossilized skeleton of a newly discovered carnivorous animal, Puijila darwini.

The animal is [...]

Predator X had a bite 11 times stronger than T Rex

London, March 17 (ANI): Analysis of the fossilized remains of a huge dinosaur, dubbed ‘Predator X’, has indicated that it boasted a bite up to 11 times as strong as that of Tyrannosaurus rex, making it the most fearsome animal ever to swim the oceans.

According to a report in The Times, the fossil [...]