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Breath Underwater

19 Jul 2023

Animals With Best Capacity To Hold Breath Underwater

Animals who mostly live in the water and have lungs, like marine mammals, birds, and reptiles can’t filter oxygen from the water, so they have to surface to breathe in and out. Here are the few animals that are best at holding their breath underwater.

Fossil specimen

16 Sep 2019

Large herbivore marsupials were present in ancient Australia: Study

More than 60 fossil specimens of palorchestids were examined, of varying geologic ages to characterize the function and evolution of their arms and legs.

08 Nov 2017

'Gorillas, gibbons first mammals to embrace daytime activity'

The visual acuity and colour perception of simians is comparable to those of diurnal reptiles and birds -- groups that never left the daytime niche, the researchers said.

21 Apr 2017

Our ancestors had powerful night-time vision

Mammals and reptiles share a common ancestor, with the earliest mammal-like animals appearing in the Late Triassic about 200 million years ago.

17 Mar 2017

New research suggests global warming could make us shorter

A new research suggests that global warming could make us shorter over time.

14 Mar 2017

Large mammals ideal ambassadors for conservation

A public declaration made last year by the same scientists had called for a global plan to prevent the world`s large mammals from slipping into oblivion.

14 Feb 2017

This dog-sized mammalian reptile was the first animal to produce venom

According to the new study, computerised tomography (CT) scans of fossils of the dog-sized reptile, Therapsid Euchambersia, showed anatomical features, designed for venom production.

23 Nov 2016

Bone gene can be repurposed for cognition in humans: Study

Researchers have identified a gene -- previously known only to regulate bone growth and muscle metabolism in mammals -- that can also act as a promoter of brain maturation, cognition and learning in human and non-human primates.

04 Nov 2016

Herbivorous mammals possess bigger bellies, says study

The study revealed that on average, herbivorous mammals have a body cavity that is twice as big as carnivores of a similar body size.

Wildlife population

27 Oct 2016

Wildlife population has plunged 60 percent since 1970, says report

As per the report, the population if mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians has plunged owing to the human activities that have overwhelmed the environment.

human breast milk

20 Apr 2016

Human breast milk is complex than other mammals

After one month, when the infant begins developing an adaptive immune system of his or her own, the composition of breast milk transitions so that levels of maternal antibodies drop by more than 90 percent.

05 Feb 2016

For many species, noise pollution can be deadly

The disoriented damselfish were six times less likely to dart away from an attack, and more than twice as likely to wind up as some other fish`s meal, the study found.

28 Oct 2015

Ancient mammals could regrow limbs: Study

The fossils used in the study derive from the collections of a number of Natural history museums among them the Museum fur Naturkunde Berlin.

08 Oct 2015

Mammalian reproductive system highly-developed 48 million years ago

The fossil was discovered at the Messel pit near Frankfurt, Germany, and studied by Jens Lorenz Franzen and colleagues from Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt.

Rodent-like mammal

05 Oct 2015

Rodent-like mammal survived dinosaur extinction

The discovery of a new fossil has given scientists an insight into how rodent-like mammal survived extinction of dinosaurs.

26 Sep 2015

Turns out fishes too watch each others` back

Fishes may be better at helping each other out than previously believed as a new study suggests that some of them really do look after their mates.

26 Sep 2015

How deep-diving whales may help create synthetic blood

As per a recent study, deep-diving whales can hold answer for synthetic blood.

25 Sep 2015

Fish too look after their mates!

When it comes to helping each other out, it turns out that some fish are better at it than previously thought as researchers have found that pairs of rabbitfish cooperate and support each other while feeding.

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