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A bee box changed everything: Zerodha's Nithin Kamath shares the surprising farming technique that boosted yields significantlyIntroducing bee boxes on farms has dramatically boosted coconut yields by 20%, according to 13 years of data from Akshayakalpa, highlighted...- Over 1,500 bat species carry thousands of deadly viruses but rarely get sick, and scientists are only just beginning to understand whyBats possess a unique, preactivated innate immune defense that stops viruses from fully replicating, even after cell entry. This remarkable...
- Solar farms could be disrupting bird and bat migration, new studies revealSolar farms, vital for clean energy, are inadvertently harming migrating birds and bats. Their reflective surfaces mimic lakes, luring wild...
- Where Do Bed Bugs Originate From and How to Prevent Them?Bed bugs, ancient pests originating from bats, have plagued humans for millennia. Despite a 20th-century decline due to pesticides, they've...
- How Researchers Are Using AI to Map the Hidden Structure of Animal CommunicationA groundbreaking computational tool, Chatter, is revolutionizing the study of animal communication. By analyzing vocalizations as continuou...
- How Satellites Are Revealing Secret Animal Migrations Across the PlanetTracking animals from space is now possible. Satellites monitor sea turtles, elephants, and whales. This technology helps understand animal...
- Alligators, snakes, and more—Researchers left shocked by thriving sewer jungle in this US cityA new study has uncovered a thriving ecosystem in Florida’s stormwater sewer systems, revealing that alligators, raccoons, and dozens of ot...
- Win for Musk’s Starlink as India says no to spectrum auction pitch from Ambani, MittalIndia will allocate satellite broadband spectrum, favoring Elon Musk’s Starlink over an auction system advocated by Mukesh Ambani and Sunil...
- Declining bat population is increasing infant mortality in US, says new study; Here's the strange connectionA study has found that the decline of bat populations in the US from 2006-2017 led to increased pesticide use by farmers, resulting in high...
- BAT to sell 3.5% stake in ITC via block dealITC's largest shareholder BAT Plc on Tuesday said in a statement that its wholly-owned subsidiary Tobacco Manufacturers (India) Ltd will se...
- ‘Biodiversity protection doesn’t mean millions of job losses — economic activity which encroaches on ecosystems quantifiably harms humanity’A large part of my work tries to figure out this multifaceted puzzle by analysing what happens in a region in terms of tangible outcomes wh...
- Bats are critical for a healthy ecosystem, their declining population can spell doomBats help cycle nutrients in the environment and pollinate plants.
- Climate, big agriculture slashing insect populations 'by half'A warming world and intensive agriculture are causing insect populations to plummet by nearly half compared to areas less affected by tempe...
- Yogi govt has added 40% to UP's debt: Chidambaram"What are you voting for?" Chidambaram sought to know from the people, and said Adityanath's model of governance is a mix of "authoritarian...
- Where did Covid come from? Investigator foreshadows fresh cluesInvestigators want to know how the SARS-CoV-2 virus -- whose closest known relative came from bats 1,000 miles away -- spread explosively i...
- View: One man’s vermin another’s animal?Many animals succumb to ‘snaring’ every year across India. It is a practice by which an edible item is filled with explosives, or sharp mat...
- India to host key meet on conservation of migratory species of wild animalsThe thirteenth meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) being hosted by India is the ...
- A third of cacti facing extinction: StudyThe finding places the cactus among the most threatened plant groups on Earth, ahead of mammals and birds and just behind corals.
- BJP MP, VHP press for uniform civil code, law to check rise in Muslim populationTerming the increase in Muslim's share in India's total population as a "dangerous trend", firebrand BJP MP Yogi Adityanath and VHP today b...
- Lokhandwala Lake a birder’s paradise lost?Over the last five years, naturalist and bird watcher Sunjoy Monga has spotted 102 species of birds over and around Lokhandwala Lake.
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