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Researcher after studying 48 million-year-old fossil of a basilisk has provided further evidence proving that Wyoming's climate used to be tropical. The fossils being studied belong to an animal, which is said to be quite similar to modern Jesus lizards.

Jack Conrad, a research associate of vertebrate paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History, was the one who conducted the study and presented his findings in a paper published in PLOS One.

Conrad seeing into his findings noted that his finds might help scientists on predicting how species, including both animals and plants, would react to future climate change.

Mary Mackenzie thought of doing something after knowing about the decline of the Monarch butterfly population. She wanted to contribute in saving the Monarch butterfly population. Mackenzie is an avid gardener and she plants flowers and vegetables in some of the space at her condominium.

She also volunteers with a local gardening club. According to her, she was hearing a lot about decline in population of the Monarch butterflies and the species is very much distressed and is heading in the direction of becoming endangered.

The gardener decided to do more in gardening and preservation and started planting milkweed and other flowers in order to attract butterflies. So far, Mackenzie has planted 300 milkweed bushes mainly in Clearwater and Pinellas Park.

According to reports, a lethal jellyfish has been spotted near New Jersey shore. This jellyfish is called Portuguese Man-of-War and has been found across the coast. Authorities are warning people to stay away from these lethal Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish.

As per reports, the jellyfish could be very dangerous and it can affect on the basis of the age of the victim, in addition to the area of the attack. The creature looks very cute; however, this lethal creature has been seen for more than 25 times on the beaches of Long Beach island and Stone Beach.

SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket bound for the International Space Station (ISS) unfortunately exploded soon after the liftoff on Sunday, June 28. It was a big setback for the private space exploration company which NASA has hired for unmanned missions to send supplies to the ISS.

SpaceX was still making efforts last week to collect debris from the rocket. NASA is currently looking for other options to send supplies to the space station.

Most analysts believe that SpaceX will make a strong comeback by quickly learning what led to the Falcon 9 explosion and fixing it to launch more Falcon 9s from Cape Canaveral sometime this year.

A new study has helped researchers understand how mammoths are so different from elephant. Vincent Lynch, an evolutionary biologist who worked with the group, told the Los Angeles Times, said they look for changes in genes that enabled the woolly mammoth acclimatize to harsh conditions of the ice age.

The study showed that the furry giants managed to survive in subzero temperatures because of a metabolism that stored enough fat in their bodies to stay warm, in addition to smaller ears that had reduced sensitivity to cold and lost less heat.

The researchers extracted the mammoth DNA from the hair of two mammoths found in Siberia several years ago. The researchers determined that one mammoth died about 20,000 years ago and the other about 60,000 years ago.

Human-induced climate change has put polar bears at the risk of extinction. Studies have indicated towards survival threats being faced by polar bears due to fast melting of their natural habitat. The US Fish and Wildlife Service has said in a new report that it is very important to take immediate action to address the issue of the arctic warming.

The report has claimed that the polar bear issue is going beyond repair. "Polar bears are in big trouble. There are other steps we can take to slow the decline of polar bears, but in the long run, the only way to save polar bears in the Arctic is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions", said Rebecca Noblin, Alaska director for the Center for Biological Diversity.