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Triceratops Horridus
On March 12th, a massive Triceratops called Horridus was displayed at the Melbourne Museum, Australia for the first time in the new public exhibit called “Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs”. About Triceratops Triceratops is an extinct genus of dinosaurs that first appeared during the Late Cretaceous period, about 68 million years ago in North America. ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Cretaceous period • Dinosaurs • Montana • Triceratops Horridus
Earth’s sixth mass extinction
As per a report published in Biological Reviews, Sixth Mass Extinction crisis is underway on the Planet Earth. It could have already lost around 13 percent of its total species. Mass extinction on Earth In the past Earth has witnessed five mass extinctions. The last mass extinction was about 65 million years, that wiped out ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2022
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Anthropocene extinction. • Dinosaurs • Earth's sixth mass extinction • Holocene extinction • IUCN Red List
Tyrannosaurus rex outnumbered 2.5 billon
According to a new study at the University of California more than 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus rex roamed the earth more than million years ago. Key findings of the study The numbers of the dinosaurs were calculated based on body size and sexual maturity. These dinosaurs lived over 127,000 generations. Though huge in number, their population ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Dinosaurs • Fossils • jurassic • Specimens of Tyrannosaurus • Triassic • Vertebrates
2019 edition of World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD)
The World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is observed every year on 11th of May to raise awareness of issues affecting migratory birds and to inspire people and organizations around the world to take measures for their conservation. The 2019 theme ? “Protect Birds: Be the Solution to Plastic Pollution!” ? will put the spotlight on ..
Topics: Bird conservation • Bird Day • Bird migration • Birds • Dinosaurs • Maniraptoriformes • Plastic pollution • Pollution
Critically endangered ‘Kakapos’ enjoyed a record breaking breeding season
The critically endangered ‘Kakapos’ – the world’s fattest species of parrot – have enjoyed a record breaking breeding season, according to New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC). This year, 76 chicks have been hatched under the DOC’s conservation scheme, with 60 expected to reach adulthood. This will significantly boost the population which has grown to ..
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Birds • Dinosaurs • Don Merton • Kakapo • Nestor • Parrot • Sirocco • Strigopidae
Here is Mr. Dreadnoughtus: a very, very big boy
Dinosaurs were the most gigantic species to have graced earth by their presence millions of years ago. Scientists have recently discovered the remains of one of the biggest of these species. The animal lived during the upper Cretaceous period which is roughly 77 million years ago. He has been named, ‘Dreadnoughtus’ as it was felt ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2014
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Antarctica • Current Affairs - 2017 • Dinosaurs • Dreadnoughtus • Titanosaurs • World