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Nov 12, 2024 | countryfile.com | Lauren Franklin |Jv Chamary

Fungi are found easily if you know where to look – from mushrooms in forests to mould on bread – but many are inconspicuous or invisible to the naked eye. This might explain why they’re so often overlooked and were once grouped together with plants, despite being a kingdom with their own branch on the tree of life. Like plants, many fungi grow in soil, can’t move from place to place and their cells have walls (reinforced by cellulose in plants and by chitin in fungi).

Sep 19, 2024 | discoverwildlife.com | Jv Chamary

There are three main groups of dinosaurs. Very generally, ornithischians and sauropods were plant-eaters while theropods were meat-eaters (this is a legacy of evolutionary history, similar to how today’s hoofed animals are herbivores and cats are carnivores). But there are many exceptions, so how do scientists know what a species ate? Although the contents of the gut or dung can provide clues to diet, the best evidence usually comes from studying teeth and jaws.

Sep 9, 2024 | discoverwildlife.com | Jv Chamary

For many dinosaurs, we just don’t know what they sounded like, but for some dinosaurs we have a good idea. Whether an animal makes noise depends on factors like diet and social interactions. Did T. rex roar like a lion? While it stayed silent and stealthy as a hunter, it may also have needed to scare away scavengers trying to steal a kill or advertise its presence to a potential mate. But vocal communication would have been very useful for species living in herds.

Sep 3, 2024 | discoverwildlife.com | Jv Chamary

Dinosaurs, like all animals, needed to reproduce to ensure the survival of their species, but exactly how they mated remains a subject of scientific investigation. While no direct evidence has been found, such as fossils capturing the act of mating, experts can make educated guesses based on scientific studies.

Aug 28, 2024 | discoverwildlife.com | Jv Chamary

Powered flight is the ability to use muscles to flap your wings and generate lift. The ancestors of modern birds weren’t the only ones to achieve this feat – other groups of dinosaurs also found weird and wonderful ways to stay aloft. Best dinosaur documentaries to watchHow do birds fly? One species that might have flown is Yi qi (‘strange wing’), whose bizarre aerofoils resembled those of bats.