Articles for author: Sameen David

Sameen David

Flying along with monarch butterflies

Solar Tags Illuminate Monarch Butterflies’ Epic Cross-Continent Trek

North America – Monarch butterflies complete a remarkable annual migration that covers thousands of miles across Canada, the United States, and Mexico each fall. Over 400 Butterflies Tracked in Real Time Over 400 Butterflies Tracked in Real Time (Image Credits: Imgs.mongabay.com) Researchers achieved a milestone in 2025 by attaching ultralight radio tags to more than ...

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A Juvenile Marvel Preserved in Time

China’s ‘Spiny Dragon’: 125-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Reveals Hollow Skin Spikes

Northeastern China – Researchers unveiled a juvenile dinosaur fossil that preserves skin structures at the cellular level, including unprecedented hollow spikes. A Juvenile Marvel Preserved in Time A Juvenile Marvel Preserved in Time (Image Credits: Fabio Manucci) Paleontologists identified a new species, Haolong dongi, from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation. This herbivorous iguanodontian measured about ...

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Newly discovered dinosaur species was a fish-eater with a huge horn

The ‘Hell Heron’ Emerges: New Spinosaurus Species with Saber Crest Unearthed in Sahara

Niger – Scientists working in the remote sands of the central Sahara Desert revealed Spinosaurus mirabilis, a formidable fish-eating dinosaur equipped with a striking blade-like horn on its snout. First New Spinosaurus in a Century First New Spinosaurus in a Century (Image Credits: Upload.wikimedia.org) Paleontologists stumbled upon the initial fossils in November 2019 at the ...

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New Sauropod Dinosaur Species Identified in Brazil

Dasosaurus tocantinensis: Brazil’s New Sauropod Reveals Dino Ties to Europe

Northeastern Brazil – A partial skeleton unearthed from ancient rock layers has unveiled a long-necked giant that roamed the landscape 120 million years ago. Giant Among Early Cretaceous Beasts Giant Among Early Cretaceous Beasts (Image Credits: Upload.wikimedia.org) Paleontologists identified Dasosaurus tocantinensis as a new species of somphospondylan sauropod, a titanosauriform dinosaur that thrived from the ...

5 Prehistoric Ecosystems That Were Stranger Than Any Science Fiction

5 Prehistoric Ecosystems That Were Stranger Than Any Science Fiction

You might think science fiction writers have the most creative imaginations on the planet. Giant aliens, toxic worlds, creatures with five heads and no sense of humor. Honestly, they’ve got nothing on planet Earth itself. Our planet has hosted ecosystems so jaw-droppingly alien, so fundamentally weird, that even the most ambitious screenwriter would probably struggle ...

7 Astounding Facts About Dinosaur Senses You Never Knew Existed

7 Astounding Facts About Dinosaur Senses You Never Knew Existed

Most of us picture dinosaurs as roaring, stomping behemoths crashing blindly through Jurassic forests. You probably imagine some giant lizard that could barely see past its own nose. Honestly, that picture could not be further from the truth. Modern paleontology, armed with CT scanners and cutting-edge brain mapping, has completely rewritten what you thought you ...

The Reign of the Dinosaurs Was a Symphony of Adaptation and Evolutionary Brilliance

The Reign of the Dinosaurs Was a Symphony of Adaptation and Evolutionary Brilliance

Picture a world where the ground literally shook under the weight of creatures so massive they make today’s largest elephants look modest. A world where feathered giants stalked misty forests, where herd animals thundered across landscapes that no human eye would ever see. That was the Mesozoic Era – roughly 186 million years of biological ...

Dinosaur Parenting: How Some Species Nurtured Their Young with Remarkable Care

Dinosaur Parenting: How Some Species Nurtured Their Young with Remarkable Care

When most people picture dinosaurs, they imagine ferocious, cold-blooded predators indifferent to everything except their next meal. That image, honestly, couldn’t be further from the full truth. Beneath all that prehistoric muscle and scale, a surprising number of dinosaur species were devoted, attentive parents – and the fossil record is packed with evidence to prove ...