After 130 years of its hide-n-seek with scientists, the wetland bird — large-billed reed-warbler ‘ has been spotted once again at a wastewater treatment plant in Thailand, the Birdlife International informed.
It has been discovered in 1867 in…
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Scientists in Cleveland have found a new species of dinosaur, which has horns as thick as a human arm.
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A new dinosaur species was a plant-eater with yard-long horns over its eyebrows, suggesting an evolutionary middle step between…
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Now spiders can responsively add to the list of commercial insecticides. The insect’s venom is found to help repel insects, according to a new study. The venom of a spider could modify crops genetically for making them insect-resistant, says a University.
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A group of scientists have been touring South Australia to study the effects of the January flood on mosquito population and they ended up discovering several new species of the insect.
Craig Williams, head of the mosquito research unit at the…
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With the world marching towards renewable raw material-based industries and increasing concerns for the environment, several Norwegian institutions are joining hands to set up a network of sensors for monitoring the underwater environment of the…
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Yet another new species discovered. Paleontologists uncovered 11 complete fossils of a slug-like creature. It has prickly armor and a muscular foot predicted to have been using for scooting along the ocean floor more than 500 million years ago.
The…
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While on one hand, the conservationists are concerned of the disappearing of the rare eastern Congo mountain gorilla due to the rebels’ killing and eating them, on the other hand they are thrilled with the news of the birth of this rare gorilla in…
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World’s longest underground river! Yes, a 95 miles long waterway is being spotted connecting two cave systems in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. A group of foreign cave divers discovered it while exploring the area near the Caribbean beach resort of…
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It is 400 to 800 miles (700 to 1,400 kilometers) beneath the earth’s surface, there lies a huge ocean. Tracking on how seismic waves pass through Earth’s mantle from distant earthquakes, Wysession and former graduate student Jesse Lawrence…
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Do you know how caterpillars fend off hungry birds and other predators? Surprisingly and interestingly – by clicking at them! The insects click to warn that they will be unsavory to eat, especially after regurgitating a foul brown fluid, scientists…
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