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In 1861, an English lord sent three red deer to New Zealand for sport; the animals multiplied until government hunters were killing 50,000 a yearThree deer introduced in 1861 multiplied into a national crisis. New Zealand's government hired men to kill 50,000 deer annually. These cul...- In 1872, a Jamaican planter imported nine mongooses to kill rats in his sugarcane fields; the predators then turned on native birds and reptilesJamaican planters introduced mongooses to combat rat infestations destroying sugarcane harvests. These predators, however, did not stop at ...
- Fur traders released Arctic foxes across Alaska's Aleutian Islands in the late 1800s to boost the fur trade, but the predators wiped out millions of nesting seabirds before decades-long eradication campaigns beganA century-old decision to introduce Arctic foxes to Alaska's Aleutian Islands for fur farming led to ecological devastation. These predator...
- On This Day in History, June 26: UN Charter signed, Indira Gandhi declares Emergency, Harry Potter debuts, Corvette day, Sher Shah Suri wins against Mughals and moreOn This Day in History, June 26 saw the signing of the United Nations Charter, Richard III's rise to the English throne, India's declaratio...
- Blood pacts of Kutch: When Charan oaths ruled trade and kingsIn the stark expanses of Kutch, the Charans flourished as cultural stewards and powerful mediators of tradition. These elite bards wove tal...
- Why the February full moon is called the Snow Moon — when it peaks and how to see it clearlyThe February full moon, traditionally called the 'Snow Moon,' will illuminate the night sky. This celestial event, named for winter's heavy...
- Erik the Red: The viking who founded GreenlandErik the Red, exiled from Norway and Iceland, discovered and named Greenland around 985 AD. His strategic naming attracted settlers from Ic...
- Not Shani Shingnapur near Shirdi. This Indian village also has no shopkeepers or locks. Why?Khonoma village in Nagaland defies modern norms. Shops operate without supervision. Homes remain unlocked. The village economy thrives on t...
- Why urban villagers in outer Delhi constituency feel like outsiders; All you need to knowIn the Outer Delhi constituency, urban villagers feel neglected and marginalised, as basic amenities and infrastructure improvements contin...
- 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...
- On Easter Sunday, a moment to savour the real triumph of rabbitsEuropeans were the first to hunt and domesticate rabbits.
- Explained: The histories, horrors and hopes surrounding the word ‘hybrid’Hybrids acquired a bad name; it’s no accident that so many movie monsters are hybrids gone wrong.
- Handful of ancient coins may help solve one of the Earth's oldest cold casesThat ancient pocket change could explain how pirate Capt. Henry Every vanished into the wind.
- 100 years on, UK may not apologise for JallianwalaBut some Sikhs are pinning their hopes that an official apology may be forthcoming during a debate on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in the ...
- Kenya, Nepal, Mexico or Australia: Meet the natives of the worldWalk into the world of nomadic, indigenous and instinctive.
- More than three lakh migratory birds throng Kashmir ValleyThousands of Mallards, Common Mergansers, Northern Pintails, Common Pochards, Red-crested Pochards, Ruddy Shelducks, Northern Shovelers, Co...
- More than 3 lakh migratory birds arrive in Kashmir Valley
- How Sunil Baboo is reliving history with rare letters, photos mapsBaboo's latest acquisition is an 1834 Hindustani-English dictionary by a certain John Shakespeare who, the collector claimed, is a relative...
- London finds itself in unfamiliar territory as Scotland votes for independenceFor the Scots, London is a disinterested overseer, shrunk from the “capital of vilayat” for the once-colonised, to capital of shrivelled Gr...
- Sotheby’s London presents books sale relating to the history of British explorationSotheby’s London is presenting a sale of some 1,500 books from the world’s greatest private library relating to the history of British expl...
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