The ongoing drug combat and the consequent civil strife in Colombia are to wipe out the last known hunter-gatherer culture in the Amazon basin. The wrestle between the US supported government forces and the paramilitary groups propped up by drug…
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Something in the blue waters of Pacific has been turning grey whales malnourished but the cause still remains an enigma. Researchers with the conservation group Earthwatch have found that whales that annually arrive to their breeding grounds on Mexican…
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A team from the National Autonomous University of Mexico has found a 4.7 inch long world’s oldest lobster fossil.
Mexican scientists said that the creature was alive when the African continent was just breaking apart from the Americas some 120…
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Animals are paying price for unnatural human activities that result in global warming. And Seals are the latest victims of unnatural weather change causing their death.
Kazakh officials have blamed the deaths of more than 800 seals off its Caspian…
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Dominating the tree flora of Australia, ‘Eucalyptus’ finds a special place in the country with more than 700 ‘native’ species. Being economically important in terms of its uses, the tree’s existence was seen very early by European explorers and…
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For long it has been believed that chimpanzees are just like our forefathers and share an uncanny resemblance with us. The same theory has inspired scientists to turn apes to find out language origin clues. Interestingly a male chimpanzee may use his…
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The US Department of Agriculture is gearing up for a battle against beetle, fearing the emerald ash borer would invade the east-central part of the country within the next two decades.
The exotic beetle, which already has a sizeable presence in…
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acing the nature’s fury and devoid of rain god’s blessing, Thailand has embraced artificial rain to combat droughts.
It has become almost a routine for four aeroplanes which daily take off from southwest of Bangkok with loads of salt. The planes…
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If you think that you are safe in your air-conditioned homes then your belief is likely to receive a jolt if the new findings are to be believed, which says that each year nearly 1.5 million people succumb to indoor air pollution. Use of solid fuel…
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The shocking repercussions of global warming are becoming more and more omnipresent, and Arctic seems to be the worst effected. As now there are vivid signs that its ice is melting faster than the earlier predications. This new finding has been…
By the end of this century Arctic summer may be sans ice, says study Read More »
