Tag: Jurassic Park

Zoos collect DNA samples of animals before they go extinct

New species are discovered and go extinct all the time. Unfortunately, these events are happening at an accelerated rate, between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher than the natural extinction rate, according to the WWF website. In response to this troubling trend, zoos collect DNA samples of animals before they go extinct. Although efforts must be focused […]

Jurassic Park inspired dinosaur fossil sold for AED 45 million

This massive creature is named “Hector,” he’s over a100 million years old, and his fossils sold for more than $12.4 million (AED45m) in an auction at Christie’s. Hector is the most complete skeleton of Deinonychus antirrhopus ever found, as per Christie’s. The specimen, excavated in Montana in 2013, dates back to the early Cretaceous period: […]

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