A recent study has unveiled fresh details surrounding the Tanystropheus, a reptile that lived on Earth some 242 million years ago and had a remarkably elongated neck – longer than its body and tail combined. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Tanystropheus are believed to have lived around the Monte San Giorgio basin on the […]
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After 125 years researchers have identified 140 species of butterflies from Matheran, over 80km from Mumbai, during an eight-year-long study. The last checklist was by British researcher JA Betham who documented 78 butterfly species in 1894-95. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The latest findings were published in a research paper – Finding the Forgotten
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The researchers from Singapore have discovered a new species of cockroach at the bottom of the Indian Ocean which looks like a gruesome creature usually seen in sci-fi movies. Due to its appearance, the 14-legged creature is being dubbed as ‘Darth Vader’, the legendary Star Wars character. The newly found cockroach species has been named
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A Himalayan butterfly named golden birdwing is become India’s largest, a record the southern birdwing held for 88 years. With a wingspan of 194 mm, the female of the species is marginally larger than the southern birdwing (190 mm) that Brigadier William Harry Evans, a British military officer, and lepidopterist, recorded in 1932. Daily Current
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A rare orchid species has been rediscovered in India after forest officials and wildlife experts on a routine inspection in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve chanced upon the white flower with bright pink hues. The name of the species is Eulophia obtuse and also known as ground orchid. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points In India, the
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A Botanical team of researchers have “rediscovered” a rare plant species called Globba andersonii from the Sikkim Himalayas found near the Teesta river valley region after a gap of nearly 136 years. The plant, known commonly as ‘dancing ladies’ or ‘swan flowers’ was thought to have been extinct until its “re-collection”, for the first time
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Recently, a very rare Red Coral Kukri snake has spotted in the Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri. A photograph of the red snake was captured by a staff member and shared on Twitter by wildlife conservation and tourism organisation WildLense. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Red Coral Kukri is a nocturnal
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University of Copenhagen’s Natural History Museum of Denmark scientists have discover new species of parasitic fungus via Twitter. The newly discovered fungus was named “Troglomyces twitteri”, after Twitter. The discovery was made by the biologist and associate professor Ana Sofia Reboleira of the National Natural History Museum. She stumbled upon a photo of a North
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Indian herpetologists have discovered a new species of viper family in Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh and named it after Salazar Slytherin, a fictional character in JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The viper called Trimeresurus Salazar. It has a unique orange to reddish stripe present on the head
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