Goa to spend Rs.36 crore to battle sea erosion
July 25th, 2012 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 25 (IANS) The Goa government will spend Rs.36 crore to save the popular Sinquerim-Baga beach stretch in north Goa from sea erosion.The beach stretch, located a short distance ... Read more...
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Humans evolved from fish into two-legged species
October 7th, 2011 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Oct 7 (IANS) Three Australian species of fish, including the iconic lungfish, provide an insight into how human beings evolved from these creatures, according to latest research.A team led ... Read more...
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Ancient mass extinction of fish paved way for modern vertebrates
May 18th, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 18 (ANI): A new study says that modern-day lizards, snakes, frogs and mammals - including humans - owe their existence to a mass extinction of fish 360 million years ago.According ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Lack of oxygen forced animals to breathe
February 11th, 2010 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 11 (IANS) A massive plunge in global oxygen levels, not freshwater frolicking, could have led to the rise of air-breathing animals, argues a new study.
Researchers made the claim after ... Read more...
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Scientists find 280-million-year-old reptiles’ preserved last meal
December 29th, 2009 - 4:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 29 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have found insect parts stuck between the teeth of two Paleozoic reptiles, which makes it the last meal for the 280 million year ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Fossils suggest earlier land-water transition of tetrapod
April 18th, 2009 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 18 (ANI): New evidence has emerged that suggests an earlier land-water transition of a four-limbed animal with backbones, which was known to have moved from fish to landlubber.A Duke graduate ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Chameleon with a rapid growth rate and shortest lifespan
July 1st, 2008 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 1 (ANI): A new research has discovered that a chameleon from arid southwestern Madagascar spends up to three-quarters of its life in an egg, and its lifespan after hatching ... Read more...
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Prehistoric fish probably saw land in full colour
November 14th, 2007 - 2:48 am ICT by admin
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Humans have fish to thank for their hands and feet
November 14th, 2007 - 2:30 am ICT by admin
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