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This giant animal vanished from Britain 6,000 years ago. Now it is back as a ‘forest engineer’European bison have returned to Britain after being absent for around 6,000 years, with conservationists releasing them into Kent’s woodlan...- North America saved its bison from extinction. Now scientists face a new threatBison numbers have recovered after near extinction, but genetic diversity is now a concern. Fragmented herds lack natural gene exchange, po...
- Watch: Bison knocks tourist to the ground and stands over him in Poland after he gets ‘too close’; video goes viralA tourist approached a European bison too closely in Poland's Białowieża Forest. The large wild animal reacted defensively, knocking the ma...
- In the 1980s, Dutch ecologists released cattle, horses, and deer into a fenced polder to recreate “wild Europe”; in one winter, its herds collapsedOostvaardersplassen's ambitious rewilding project sought to revive Europe’s ecological history with the introduction of tough native specie...
- US slashes tariffs to 15% for Switzerland after reaching trade deal, boost bilateral investmentThe US and Switzerland have agreed to a framework reducing US tariffs on Swiss goods from 39% to 15%. This deal includes a $200 billion Swi...
- EU gets 15% US tariff for cars, fails to secure wine reprieveA newly published US-EU trade deal reveals that Brussels has successfully negotiated a tariff reduction for its car exports to the United S...
- Retired Air Marshal says MiG-21 was not a 'Flying Coffin', recalls how it beat four US fighter jets in PakistanThe Indian Air Force is retiring its MiG-21 fighter jet after six decades of service. Air Marshal Prithvi Singh Brar recalls a 1971 dogfigh...
- How the Pemmican War prefigured the protein obsessions of todayThe Pemmican War highlighted early tensions around a highly nutritious native food—pemmican—that was vital for survival in harsh northern c...
- What it would take to get me to fly for fun againWith limited potential for sustainable aviation fuel and electric planes, capturing and storing carbon dioxide is essential to mitigate the...
- Ancient bones in German cave challenge timeline of Homo sapiens' arrival in EuropeBone fragments discovered in Ilsenhohle cave in central Germany have rewritten the early history of Homo sapiens in Europe. The findings, d...
- 54,000 years ago, homo sapiens used bow-and-arrow, reveals 1st evidence from cave in southern FranceThe use of the bow-and-arrow in Africa has been documented to date back some 70,000 years.
- First wild bison born in UK in thousands of years after 'unexpected' pregnancy. This is what happenedFor the first time in thousands of years, a wild bison has been born in the UK following a surprising pregnancy. The new born was delivered...
- Introduction of wild cheetahs to Indian reserves involves risks and opportunities: Top South African expertA majority of the world's 7,000 cheetahs live in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Namibia has the world's largest population of cheetahs...
- Introduction of wild cheetahs to Indian reserves involves risks and opportunities, says S. African expertLast month, India and Namibia signed a pact for the reintroduction of cheetahs, declared extinct in the country in 1952. According to offic...
- Dogs, rats, unicorns and other animal guildsPerhaps these stories remind us also of the animal instincts of human beings. Animals have territories, and establish pecking orders, to en...
- Bisons revive, freshwater dolphins dwindle: Conservationists
- First batch of 5 Rafales reaches Al Dhafra airbase in UAE on way to India from FranceThe aircraft flew out from the Merignac airbase in French port city of Bordeaux and will cover a distance of nearly 7,000 km with air-to-ai...
- Sensex plunges 600 points from day's high as India, Pakistan face off; Nifty barely holds 10,800Bank stocks bore the brunt as they were the major drag in Sensex's decline.
- Warsaw was rebuilt after being destroyed in WW2; it refuses to give in to challengesDespite its stabs at modernisation, Warsaw still retains much of its old-world charm. The city and its citizens have held on to the nostalg...
- Croc bank to chip in for online zoo databaseThe Madras Crocodile Bank Trust (MCBT) has joined an international initiative to preserve endangered wildlife by contributing data to the l...
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