WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The age of the dinosaurs ended in cataclysm on a spring day 66 million years ago when a 12 km wide asteroid hit Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, causing the extinction of these remarkable beasts and about three quarters of the Earth. species. But were the dinosaurs already endangered, with failing diversification …
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November 17 (Reuters) – Criss-crossing the subtropical seas that lapped the coasts of the archipelago that made up Europe 83 million years ago, was one of the largest turtles on record, a reptile the size of a small car – a Mini Cooper to be precise – that braved treacherous waters. Researchers on Thursday described …
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KERKENNAH ISLANDS, Tunisia, Nov 13 (Reuters) – A decade ago, Tunisian fisherman Ahmed Chelli’s nets were swollen with fish and octopus he sold at the local market in the Kerkennah Islands. Today he pulls nothing but “ISIS” – the name locals have given to the blue crabs that have invaded their fishing grounds in the …
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