Wildlife

Multi-coloured jumping spiders are colour blind!

<p> <strong>Beautiful to look at as they don bright hues, the jumping spiders make a pretty sight yet there is…

3 years ago

Injured Golden jackal rescued by Tejur villagers in Maharashtra

<p> <strong>Villagers of Tejur village in Maharashtra’s Junnar division helped the forest department rescue an injured young golden jackal by…

3 years ago

4,500 years ago the great Mesopotamians used Kungas – the earliest known hybrid animals for war

<p> <strong>With the help of DNA sequencing techniques, new research has brought to light the creation of the earliest hybrid…

3 years ago

Magawa the life-saver rat who detected landmines passes away

<p> <strong>The well-known rat Magawa, who hunted landmines in Cambodia and was awarded a gold medal for his life-saving work…

3 years ago

What makes a mother Kangaroo’s pouch warm and protective?

<p> <strong>It is indeed captivating to watch the mother kangaroo going around with her offspring, called joey, in the pouch.…

3 years ago

Scientists use smart Seals to reveal secrets of the Antarctic

<p> <strong>Confronted with the difficulty while studying the Antarctic continental shelf with ice attached to the shore, researchers and oceanographers…

3 years ago

Extinct in India since 1952, Cheetah poised to leap in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno reserve

<p> <strong>There is happy news for wildlife enthusiasts in the country as the fastest mammal, cheetah, which had gone extinct…

3 years ago

Panama boy discovers that Azteca Ants are skilled engineers

<p> <strong>Discoveries are sometimes made in very unusual ways like Isaac Newton finding about gravity on seeing the apple drop…

3 years ago

246 million years ago, giant reptiles with 8-foot-long skull dominated the Earth’s oceans

<p> <strong>When the landmass on the earth was ruled by the mighty dinosaurs, the water sphere had its own giant…

3 years ago

Japan now uses drones that destroy killer wasps and nests

<p> <strong>Science and technology play an important role in making tasks and chores of life easier and less dangerous. An…

3 years ago

Shikra – the leopard among birds of prey

<p> Shikra - the word Shikra is borrowed from the Urdu word which is derived from the word shikari meaning…

3 years ago

Will dreaded Sharks Help Humans to Fight Covid Pandemic?

<p> <strong>In their natural habitat, that is water, sharks are dreaded by human beings and other creatures. Yet according to…

3 years ago

Clever fish ward off predatory birds by creating giant wave

<p> <strong>Nature never ceases to surprise us. Take the case of a freshwater fish which is small and called sulphur…

3 years ago

126 tiger deaths, the highest in a decade reported in 2021

<p> <strong>The year end doesn’t spell well for the wildlife and animal lovers of the country, as the National Tiger…

3 years ago

Stronger and bigger jaws helped dinosaurs dominate the earth for 150 million years

<p> <strong>The time when the dinosaurs ruled supreme, the theropod among them, according to a report in scietechdaily.com evolved stronger…

3 years ago

New study shows number of fish rises rapidly in waters where pollution is reduced

<p> <strong>In what can be described as an optimistic and positive finding, scientists in a new study have gathered that…

3 years ago

Older male elephants discipline adolescent males curbing their aggression – study

<p> <strong>A recently conducted research has revealed that the presence of older male elephants makes the other males less aggressive…

3 years ago

Govt starts putting tags on endangered Olive Ridley turtles in Odisha

<p> <strong>The tagging of the endangered Olive Ridley turtles has started again at the Rushikulya rookery in Odisha to enable…

3 years ago

Heaters installed, diet changed to keep baby elephants and rhinos warm in Assam’s Kaziranga zoo

<p> <strong>With cold and chill becoming severe, just like human beings, animals too are facing problems. In the Northeast with…

3 years ago

Extinction of dragonflies likely as wetland habitats disappear

<p> <strong>The International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, has sounded a warning about…

3 years ago

Orangutan apes believe if you spare the rod you spoil the child!

<p> <strong>Parenting is tough be it humans or animals but when it comes to the latter, they know when and…

3 years ago