Imagine being dropped into a world where massive predators tower over you like living skyscrapers, where the air itself burns your lungs, and where every shadow could hide a creature that considers you nothing more than a walking snack. This isn’t science fiction – it’s the Mesozoic Era, and scientists have been calculating whether modern ...
Picture a horizon trembling under the shadow of wings as wide as a small plane and legs as tall as a person, stepping through river flats like a silent metronome. That was the late Cretaceous stage set for the giant azhdarchid pterosaurs – apex flyers with stilt-like limbs and a talent for surprise. Fossils say ...
The discovery of Zhongyuansaurus junchangi, an new species of ankylosaurid from the Henan Province of China, adds a new dimension to the history of armored dinosaurs. It was an herbivore, as well as heavily armored, and lived during the Early Cretaceous period roughly 113-100 million years ago. Its evolutionary peculiarities included a bizzare ‘swallowtail’ tail ...
The dinosaurs died when a huge asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago. It caused firestorms, tsunamis, and a devastating “nuclear winter.” But, despite all chances, a population of little lizards barely bigger than a human finger lived near ground zero. These tough animals, called night lizards (family Xantusiidae), not only survived the disaster but ...
Suhail Ahmed
Suhail Ahmed
Suhail Ahmed
