Species

Swelling lake in China threatens endangered wildlife

The lake is located in Hoh Xil National Nature Reserve, home to several endangered species, including Tibetan antelopes and wild yaks.

Oct 19, 2015, 12:23 PM IST

`Duck-billed` dinos once thrived in snowy dark of Alaska

Researchers have discovered a new hadrosaur species on Alaska's North Slope, finding evidence for the "lost world" of the cold weather dinosaurs.

Sep 23, 2015, 12:03 PM IST

Train coaches to come alive with wildlife images

The bland and barren coaches of passenger trains may soon have exciting images of tigers, cranes, trees and other wildlife painted on them.

Sep 21, 2015, 19:12 PM IST

Connecting dots with `tree of life` for 2.3 million species

A first draft of the "tree of life" for the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes has been released.

Sep 19, 2015, 09:41 AM IST

Ancient whale species helps fill evolution gap

New Zealand paleontologists said on Friday that they had identified previously unknown ancient whale species that could help to explain the evolution of the creatures.

Sep 11, 2015, 13:00 PM IST

New species of human relative discovered in South Africa

Scientists have discovered a new species in the human family tree - a small creature with a tiny brain - after examining a huge haul of fossilised bones found in a dark chamber of a South African cave, raising intriguing questions about our evolutionary past.

Sep 10, 2015, 18:20 PM IST