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In 2021, an 88,307-acre wildfire reached California's sequoias; decades of fuel-clearing burns helped limit damage in Giant Forest to 1.2%, versus 40% nearby- Humans built cities, fought wars & watched empires disappear while one tree kept growing: Over 5,000 years old, the world’s oldest tree Methuselah was discovered like this
- Brazil’s 500-meter-wide cashew tree is actually one plant; its ground-rooting branches produce up to 2.5 tons of fruit each year
- King cobra vs python in Bihar: How a pet dog’s bark alerted family to terrifying 12-foot snake fightA king cobra and a python were found locked in a fight outside a house near the Gonouli forest office in West Champaran’s Valmiki Tiger Res...06 Aug, 2026, 11.37 AM IST
- Scientists spent 10 years searching for East Asia's tallest tree—what they found was extraordinaryResearchers found East Asia's tallest tree, a Taiwania fir, standing 84.1 meters high. This discovery followed a decade-long scientific exp...04 Aug, 2026, 10.00 PM IST
- 268 feet tall, 1,600 years old: Meet the second-largest tree in the world. Travellers can hike through towering giant sequoias to reach this natural marvelRising in California's Kings Canyon National Park, the General Grant Tree is the world's second-largest tree and is believed to be more tha...02 Aug, 2026, 08.00 PM IST
- In 2008, Michigan arborist David Milarch began cloning ancient coast redwoods from old stumps, preserving genetics nearly erased by loggingDavid Milarch clones ancient redwood stumps, preserving vital genetic material. These cuttings grow into saplings through micropropagation ...01 Aug, 2026, 04.35 PM IST
- Dinosaurs dynasty came to end 66 million years ago but reason behind apex predator's extinction on earth may be due to asteroid force more than one billion times the strength of the atomic blasts at Hiroshima, NagasakiSixty-six million years later, the story of the dinosaurs remains one of nature's most dramatic reminders that life on Earth can change sud...29 Jul, 2026, 09.05 PM IST
- At Kenya’s Lake Turkana, 21 ancient footprints from 1.43 million years ago don’t fit the known hominins, and the size clues point in two directionsThe unveiling of 1.43 million-year-old fossilized footprints near Lake Turkana, Kenya, has left researchers in a conundrum. The prints do n...29 Jul, 2026, 06.06 PM IST
- In 1857, a carpenter given six months to live moved into Yosemite; he survived 53 more years and spent five decades protecting its giant sequoiasGalen Clark moved to Yosemite seeking health and found a new purpose. He discovered the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias and began protecti...29 Jul, 2026, 04.13 PM IST
- Delhi-NCR weather today (July 26): Delhi to get more rain over the next five days; IMD issues yellow alert as Noida and Ghaziabad brace for heavy rainfallDelhi, Noida, Gurgaon weather: Delhi will experience very light to light rain for two days. Moderate rain is anticipated in the subsequent ...26 Jul, 2026, 07.28 AM IST
- In 1935, the United States began planting 220 million trees from Texas to Canada to stop the Dust Bowl, creating 18,600 miles of living windbreaks by 1942Giant dust storms ravaged the American Great Plains during the 1930s. President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated a massive tree planting pro...25 Jul, 2026, 05.26 PM IST
- 'This may be scary...': Bryan Johnson, diagnosed with autoimmune gastritis, says he 'cloned' himself as a newborn to reverse agingBryan Johnson announced cloning himself as a newborn for future medical advancements. He believes this technology will revolutionize health...25 Jul, 2026, 01.10 PM IST
- Roberto, Nelson and Eleanor: As wildfires intensify, Spain is relying on an unexpected firefighting team of rescue donkeys to stop deadly forest fires naturally—and Canada is exploring the same solutionA Spanish region is using rescued donkeys to prevent devastating wildfires because these animals graze on dry vegetation, creating natural ...25 Jul, 2026, 10.42 AM IST
- Not a crocodile or alligator: Massive 10-feet-long lizards, world's second largest, roam in India's SundarbansIAS officer Sanjay Kumar highlighted the Asian water monitor and Bengal monitor thriving in the Sundarbans. The Asian water monitor, the wo...23 Jul, 2026, 02.53 PM IST
- NASA's NISAR satellite Antarctica image captures a giant bird-like shape hidden in East Antarctica's ice; here's what the colourful radar view meansThe joint India-US NISAR satellite has released radar data that captured a striking image of East Antarctica's frozen landscape. The satell...23 Jul, 2026, 02.03 PM IST
- Tapeworms aren't just harmful to your brain. These tiny parasites can turn ordinary worker ants into long-living, queen-like survivors and make them live longer, study findsA tapeworm infection dramatically alters worker ants, making them live much longer. These infected ants exhibit physiological changes that ...23 Jul, 2026, 01.26 PM IST
- Donald Trump blames Canada for wildfire smoke, says he will add cost to tariffsPresident Donald Trump blamed Canada for wildfire smoke affecting the United States. He threatened to add pollution costs to existing tarif...18 Jul, 2026, 01.32 PM IST
- England's legendary Robin Hood oak has died after nearly 1,000 years, but its story isn't overBritain's famous Major Oak tree has died after standing for a millennium. This ancient tree, a symbol of Sherwood Forest, succumbed to age ...17 Jul, 2026, 05.56 PM IST
- The heaviest living thing on Earth isn't a whale or a sequoia; it's Pando, a single Utah aspen spread across 106 acres as 47,000 identical trees sharing one giant root systemPando, a Utah aspen clone, is a single organism connected by one root system. This giant clone weighs significantly more than the largest b...17 Jul, 2026, 05.55 PM IST
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