On a remote Australian island, two owl chicks have survived to fledglings, the first to do so in more than a decade.
The Norfolk Island morepork owl has an estimated population of only 45-50, making the pair a huge boost for the future of the species.
May 04, 2020
US Scientists Discover 1st Known Aquatic Dinosaur 'Spinosaurus aegyptiacus'
A team of scientists from various Universities of US have discovered a carnivorous (meat eating) swimming dinosaur named "Spinosaurus aegyptiacus" at the Kem Kem region of the Moroccan Sahara in North Africa.
Unlike other theropod dinosaurs, the 50-feet (15 meters) long Spinosaurus used its tail for swimming to actively hunt for prey in rivers. By the end of the tail, it has bony bumps that help adjacent vertebrae disappear & assist the tail's tip move back and forth in a way that would propel through water.
Lived about 95 million years ago (Cretaceous period), spinosaurus was even longer than an adult Tyrannosaurus rex (T-rex).
May 01, 2020
WIHG Reveals 35 Thousand-Year History of River Erosion in Ladakh Himalayas
Scientists and students from Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), an autonomous institute under the Department of Science &Technology,Govt. of Indiastudied rivers in Ladakh Himalaya, bringing out 35 thousand-year history of river erosion and identified hotspots of erosion and wide valleys that act a buffer zones.
The study showed how rivers in drier Ladakh Himalaya operated in longer time scales and how they responded to varying climate, an understanding of water and sediment routing,which is crucial as the country gears up its infrastructure and develops smart cities.