Tyrannosaurus rex grew slowly: peaking at forty
How do you calculate the age of a dinosaur? You can use growth rings, as you do with trees. Even ...
Types of zebras
The zebra is a herbivorous African mammal known for its unique black and white stripes, which vary in each individual. ...
Mountain gorilla twins have been born
Mountain gorillas are among the rarest primates in the world: they are one of the two subspecies of the eastern ...
Elasmobranchs: what they are, characteristics and types
Elasmobranchs are a group of cartilaginous fish that includes two types: sharks and rays. Among their distinctive characteristics is that ...
Isostasy: what it is, principles, examples and its importance in geology
Isostasy is the gravitational balance between the lithosphere and the mantle, which regulates how the Earth’s crust “floats.” It is ...
Pets are increasingly similar to us: how we are changing them without realizing it
Over 25 million pets live in Italy. But increasingly close coexistence with humans is changing the behavior, brain and body ...
Subduction: what it is, what the process is like and its geological consequences
Subduction is the sinking of one tectonic plate under another. It occurs when the denser oceanic crust descends into the ...
What is the smelliest animal in the world? Spoiler: it’s not the skunk
It is the southern tamandua, an anteater that lives between Argentina and Venezuela, also nicknamed the “forest skunk”. The smelliest ...
Continental crust: what it is, characteristics, composition and formation
The continental crust is the solid layer that forms the continents, thicker, older and lighter than the oceanic crust. It ...