London: Male pterodactyls, a class of flying reptiles which lived alongside dinosaurs between 220 and 65 million years ago, used their giant head crests to woo the opposite sex, a rare fossil find has revealed. Scientists who have unearthed a 160-million-year-old fossil, dubbed "Mrs T", believe that while female pterodactyls had no decorative markings on their heads, the males sported impressive plumes of feathers, five times the size of their...
06:44 PM, Jan 21, 2011
London: Pterosaurs, the largest known flying reptiles that roamed the earth some 65 million years ago, were light and fragile creatures best suited for catching rising air to soar, a new study has found. The ancient reptiles that existed at the time of dinosaurs were incredibly at their best in flying high and landing slowly, found the new study. "I wanted to understand how these animals flew, and as an...
09:59 PM, Nov 24, 2010
Nagoya (Japan): A fifth of the world's mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fishes are in imminent danger of going extinct, says this year's edition of the benchmark IUCN Red List. The percentages of threatened invertebrates and plants are similar. Releasing the findings at the Oct 18-29 UN biodiversity summit, being attended by 192 countries, here Wednesday, Simon Stuart, chair of the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation...
11:22 AM, Oct 27, 2010
Melbourne: A saltwater crocodile, admired for his prowess at predicting the future, has reportedly tipped Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard as winner of the federal election to be held on Saturday. Harry, a 4.9-metre-long crocodile, was given the choice of munching on one of two chicken carcasses - one tied to an image of Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the other attached to a picture of Opposition Leader Tony Abbott....
01:41 PM, Aug 20, 2010
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Sunil Ranade had gone to feed a cobra in his home when it turned and bit him. ...
08:20 PM, Oct 25, 2009
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It was spotted around 8 am near the reporters table by the staff. ...
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Three tubes 50 meters apart will provide safe passage for frogs. ...
07:42 PM, Apr 30, 2009
This oldest father of New Zealand is not a man but a reptile. ...
04:09 PM, Jan 27, 2009
Some kids are not cute! A seven-year-old boy boy broke into a popular Outback zoo and went on a 30-minute murderous rampage. ...
04:11 PM, Oct 03, 2008
Indian Cobra, country's most revered reptile and also most mis-understood. ...
04:41 PM, Aug 30, 2008
Arachnids, tubelights, bricks, snails, cobras, cockroach, lizards and rats form an integral part of Uttam Das’ diet. ...
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