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Kenya’s farmers turn to beehive fences to keep crop-raiding elephants away, creating a surprising path toward human-elephant coexistenceDedicated to researching elephant ecology and behavior, Save the Elephants operates vital research facilities. Their Samburu research stati...
Brazilian scientist who defied a dictatorship bought 63 African queen bees in 1956; a year later, 26 escaped and became one of America's most notorious invasive insectsTwenty-six African queen honey bees escaped a Brazilian apiary in 1957, beginning a continental spread. These bees, known as Africanized ho...
A new law in Peru treats stingless bees as rights-bearing ecological actorsPeruvian municipalities in Satipo and Nauta have granted legal rights to native stingless bees. These tiny pollinators are now recognized a...
Can your pet do Math? Science says some animals might be quietly crunching numbersA growing body of research suggests that animals—from frogs to crows—can perform primitive math through a system called the Approximate Num...
How much sugar is too much? A look at risks of excessive sweet consumption and advantages of reducing intakeIn the Indian market, which recorded sales exceeding $250 million in 2022, every variant of Cerelac baby cereal by Nestle contains added su...
What would happen once we steered clear of sugar?Sugar is a class of naturally occurring sweet-tasting molecules found in fruits, vegetables, plants and the milk of mammals. It can be extr...
With human-elephant conflict taking more lives on both sides, stakeholders are split over a sustainable solutionBetween 2015 & 2018, more than 1,700 people and 370 elephants have died due to this conflict.
- Little Bee Impex to raise Rs 100 cr through IPO
Third largest manufacturer of honey in the world, Little Bee Impex has revealed its plans to raise Rs 100 crore through an initial public o...
- Air pollution dampens Kesar mango production in Kutch
Export of Kesar mango from Saurashtra and central Gujarat may be crossing new barriers but the same cannot be said about those grown in the...