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The study conducted by the researchers from McGill University in Canada, revealed that the process of photosynthesis in plants first took place 1.25 billion years ago. Earlier estimates had placed it somewhere between 720 million and 1.2 billion years. -The study is based on an algae fossil, believed to be the world’s oldest known direct ancestor of modern plants and animals. The study could resolve a long-standing mystery over the age of Read More …
According to a new study Bottlenose dolphins in Panama’s Bocas Del Toro Archipelago are on the verge of extinction. -During the study, the researchers found that there are 80 bottlenose dolphins in Panama’s Bocas Del Toro Archipelago, and they are not interbreeding with Carribean bottlenose dolphins. -The researchers also added that local boat traffic is another factor which negatively affects the survival of these marine creatures. In 2012, the boat Read More …
According to conservationists The Asiatic cheetah which is also known as Iranian Cheetah is on the verge of extinction. Only less than 50 of the critically endangered species still alive. It is the second rarest cat species. -Iran, home to all these cheetah, has already witnessed the extinction of the Asiatic lion and the Caspian tiger. The warning comes in the wake of the United Nation’s decision to pull funding from Read More …
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources’ (IUCN) in its latest red list of threatened species (which was published in Tokyo in the first week of December 2017)upgraded the status of the two birds of New Zealand Okarito kiwi and the Northern Brown Kiwi from”endangered” to “vulnerable” because of a steady increase in population. -Some 91,523 out of nearly 1.9 million described species have been assessed for the Red List, Read More …
