90 million years ago, Antarctica was green: The science behind its lost rainforest | - The Times of India

90 million years ago, Antarctica was green: The science behind its lost rainforest | – The Times of India

Imagine a great, green rainforest thriving inside the icy land that exists today. It might sound like science fiction, but research shows that Antarctica was once warm enough to host temperate rainforests near the South Pole about 90 million years ago. A scientific study published in PubMed Central, titled “Temperate rainforests near the South Pole…

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Weight is not an issue: How a 250kg kangaroo could still hop on two legs | - The Times of India

Weight is not an issue: How a 250kg kangaroo could still hop on two legs | – The Times of India

For decades, scientists have debated a simple question with a surprisingly complicated answer: could Australia’s extinct giant kangaroos actually hop like the ones alive today? Modern kangaroos are built for efficient movement, using powerful hind legs and spring-like tendons to travel long distances. But when ancient species grew to enormous sizes, some weighing up to…

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