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A 120-year-old taxidermy bear is helping scientists solve modern wildlife crimes; its preserved hair could change how poaching cases are investigatedA museum bear named Boris is now helping fight wildlife crime. His fur is being studied for microscopic and genetic characteristics. This r...- Science says ancient soil can reveal about extinct animals that left no bones, the hidden DNA record beneath our feetThe discovery of DNA preserved in ancient sediments is expanding our understanding of what can constitute a fossil record. Bones provide ph...
- The surprising reason men may have evolved beards involves punches, violent fights and a scientific theory that has now earned an Ig Nobel Peace PrizeResearchers explored if beards offered protection during male-to-male fights. Their study examined how hair absorbs and redistributes impac...
- In 1875, Charles Darwin suggested some plants could capture insects using sticky hairs, but he couldn't prove it. 150 years later, researchers confirmed a Chinese species attracts and traps flies with the same mechanismIn a remarkable confirmation of Charles Darwin's 1875 insight, researchers have discovered that Saxifraga candelabrum, a plant native to Ch...
- Why Some Animals Glow Under UV LightMany animals possess hidden vibrant colors, invisible to humans, revealed under ultraviolet light through biofluorescence. This phenomenon,...
- Scientists Find a Glowing Deep-Sea Creature Living on Another Animal — And It’s Unlike Anything Seen BeforeScientists have discovered two new species in the deep ocean off Western Australia. A glowing shark, Etmopterus westraliensis, uses light f...
- Not Sharks or Dinosaurs: The Tiny Ancient Creature With Earth’s Sharpest TeethTiny marine creatures called conodonts, extinct for millions of years, held the title for the sharpest teeth. These eel-like animals had mi...
- How Chimpanzees Use Plants as Medicine in the WildChimpanzees exhibit sophisticated self-medication, using plants like "bitter leaf" to combat parasites and rough leaves to purge intestinal...
- Focus on core business and ignore the rest: 5 small-caps from different sectors with upside potential of up to 48%While the proposed GST rationalization has changed sentiment on the street, it has not changed two things. One: High valuations. Two: Possi...
- Unlocking the mystery: Scientists reveal genetics behind brown pandas in ChinaGenetic research on brown pandas in the Qinling Mountains reveals unique coloration due to natural genetic variation. The study sheds light...
- The ultimate fluffy boy: New study delves into extinction of a long haired & 'woolly' dog breedThe dogs occupied a previously underappreciated high-status in Indigenous societies, which revered the animals as members of the family and...
- These midcaps with ‘strong buy’ and ‘buy’ ratings have upside potential of more than 25%In volatile markets, where stocks across sectors are coming under pressure, there are stocks which were analyst are positive projected retu...
- 17 February is celebrated as World Pangolin DayPangolins are the only mammals that are covered in scales, which are made of keratin—just like our hair and finger nails. They are toothles...
- Lesser-known species like Otter, Pangolin form a large part of wildlife tradeAs govt focuses on protection of high-profile wild animals, there is little emphasis on a range of smaller species sought for their medicin...
- Genome sequencing brings woolly mammoth clones closerA mammoth gene involved in temperature sensation was resurrected in the laboratory and its protein product characterised.
- In a first, DNA tests on tigers done to establish relationshipPerhaps for the first time in the country, tigers have been DNA-profiled through their blood samples to establish their relationship.
- National Tiger Conservation Authority's scientific procedure on man eaters dumped in HP huntThe SOP issued in January 2013 by the NTCA's DIG, SP Yadav, states that shooting the "tiger/leopard" is the last resort. That, too, not by ...
- Poachers kill tiger and bear; consumed their meat tooPoachers accused of killing a tiger near Masondi in Ghatang range of East Melghat did not only kill the tiger and a sloth bear by laying st...
- Ten Tigers sighted in Wayanad sanctuaryForest officials at the Wayanad Wild Life Sanctuary here are excited as a preliminary assessment of tiger population, conducted by the Sanc...
- Beauty gets R&D glossThe business of looking good has a vital cog - research. It’s scientists who decide on the right mix of ingredients that go into a cosmetic...
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