The discovery of 520-million-year old three-inch-long fossil of ancient shrimp-like creature, Fuxianhuia protensa, could help understand the evolutionary origins of the heart, said researchers from the University of Arizona, the United Kingdom and China. On analyzing the fossil, researchers found that the creature was having well developed heart and blood vessels, an earliest known example of a cardiovascular system.

The fossil was discovered in the Yunnan Province in southwestern China, the place known for fossil rich deposits.

Researchers have lifted the lid off the secret behind how earth continues to remain habitable. They have found that geologic cycles act as a climate control to release and absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide in a balance, thereby making the planet neither too hot nor too cold.

It has been reported that Belgium's Pairi Daiza Zoo has welcomed a pair of giant pandas from southwest China's Sichuan province as their new home on Sunday. The arrival of the pandas was greeted by about 2,500 people including exhilarated children waving national flags of China and Belgium and panda-decorated flags.

Everyone has heard the story of a tortoise and a hare in childhood, in which a tortoise defeats hare in a race. Recently, the old story turned to be true when a tortoise defeated a rabbit in a skiing competition. The competition took place on the snowy slopes of northern China.