Science

The Burmese python in Florida, US continues to amaze the scientists as well as people. Recently, as per a report in sciencealert.com a group of scientists in Florida opened up …

India has gone up by two spots – from ten to eight—this year in the climate change performance index (CCPI) tabulated by a Europe-based consortium. The rating also says that …

The G20 summit taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday will have a special visit by the leaders to the Taman Hutan Raya mangrove forest in Bali on Tuesday. India will …

India’s Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav today released the country’s long term low emission development strategy to tackle the climate change crisis. It seeks to balance the use of natural resources …

Mothers can go to any extent to take care of their eggs and young ones. Citing an extreme case, a smithsonianmag.com report talks about female cichlid fish or the Central …

Human actions are impacting the environment and nature in several ways, including how animals are evolving. This aspect came to the fore when it was found rhinoceros horns are becoming …

The discovery of an endemic honey bee in Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot spells well for both the scientific community and livelihood of people in India. Interestingly, the new species has …

Hollywood horror films have exploited the theme of deadly ancient animals or dangerous micro organisms coming alive to wreak havoc on humankind. Going beyond the celluloid in real life too …

Just when it was assumed that a whole lot of species don’t make sound, the silence was broken much to the delight and surprise of scientists. For a long time …

An elephant’s trunk is an incredible part of its body and this long nose can do multitasking as it is used for eating, smelling, drinking, breathing and trumpeting. While being …

With climate change, some species of animals on Earth face the danger of being wiped out. Adding to this ever-increasing list of threatened creatures are emperor penguins – the largest …

Reading about amoeba takes one back to the science classes during school days when one learnt about how this single-celled organism divides into two to procreate. To know that one …

All species in the world try to avoid Nature’s fury whether it is a volcano eruption or earthquake or a typhoon or hurricane. When faced with storms, birds on the …

Now there is good news for those who are waiting for a liver transplant. As per a report in smithsonianmag.com, researchers have found that livers can work for more than …

The gathering of a large number of creatures from any species is an amazing spectacle. That is what happened in the United States where globular cannonball jellyfish also known as …

For survival it is imperative to adapt and evolve and that is what a new study has found among the lizards. As per a report in sciencealert.com, eastern fence lizards …

Encouraging news about wildlife is few and far between. When it came to light that Switzerland had reversed the decline of more than half of its endangered frogs, newts and …

Amazing are the ways of the brain and it continues to astonish us every now and then. Getting a feel of this recently were neuroscientists when they found out a …

There is good news for Delhi and National Capital Region’s wildlife enthusiasts as the biodiversity here are demonstrating that they are good habitats for butterflies. This emerged from the butterfly …

Human body continues to baffle as researchers come to know more about it. That is what happened to scientists as per a report in sciencealert.com when they found that the …

About 500 pilot whales died in mass strandings on New Zealand’s remote Chatham Islands, the government said on Tuesday. No rescue effort could be carried out as there are too …