Scientists think this is a male version of a new bird species discovered in India, called Bugun Liocichla Liocichla bugunorum. Photographs, tail feathers, and sound recordings were used to describe the bird. Credit: Ramana Athreya
It is really…
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After the Aussie Feminist icon Germaine Greer’s admonishment of the deceased Animal Planet Crocodile Hunter kicking up criticisms across the world for herself, it is now the animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) that..
Do you know how clean your country is?! A coalition of statistics on population density, water sanitation and hygiene for 100 countries throws up disturbing trends. Here it goes:
– There is a direct link between sanitation and infant mortality…
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If you really want to see government myopia in action, you only have to read the newspaper these days about sealing commercial establishments in india’s capital – Delhi. Without so much as a passing moment of doubt, the establishments included as…
Delhi to face environmental crisis, if seals recycled waste collecting shops! Read More »
Had the python grown crazy before swallowing a pregnant ewe! Yes, this is no new species discovered! It is a six-meter python weighing 90kg, with its stomach swollen with a full grown ewe – and that too pregnant — it has lavishly swallowed.
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Childhood leukemia has increased five-fold since the early 1900s! And the scientists are blaming pesticides or chemicals in the environment as the main culprits behind it.
Though compared to 40-50 years ago, fewer children actually die from blood.
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The outcries of the environmental groups are finally heard. The low-flying helicopter tourism tours over Peru’s biggest tourist attraction — the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu – have been severely affecting a number of rare animals and plants.
The…
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Potomac river-shed has surprised the scientists – they have found that some species of male fish in the river and its tributaries are developing female sexual traits! And that too, at a frequency higher than they have seen before.
This…
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These two little newborns are no new species discovered! They are ‘Albino Pygmy Monkey Twins’. These photographs are taken shortly after their birth. Exceedingly rare, they have hit the headlines not for their being twins, but because they’re…
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What a barbarous crime! Is shooting out 1,000 baby pheasants’ brains a sport? Perhaps not for us! — leaving aside the conservationists, environmentalists, and animal lovers.
But it is so for Madonna – shooting the brains of 1,000 baby pheasants out! ..
Shame on Madonna! Is shooting out 1,000 baby pheasants' brains a sport? Read More »