Great Nicobar project: Ramesh flags non-transparency in latest letter to Environment MinisterCongress leader Jairam Ramesh has raised concerns about the Great Nicobar Island project. He has written to the Environment Minister, highl...
19 Jun, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
A shark that walks instead of swims? Scientists just found a new one in the wild, and it may already be facing extinctionScientists have identified a new species of 'walking' shark in Papua New Guinea, named Hemiscyllium dudgeonae. This unique shark uses its p...
19 Jun, 2026, 12.59 AM IST
In 1879, 8-year-old María de Sautuola looked up in a Spanish cave and saw bison painted 36,000 years ago; scientists rejected her father's claim for 23 yearsIn Altamira Cave, Spain, a young girl's innocent curiosity uncovered breathtaking Ice Age artwork. By simply glancing upwards, she illumina...
18 Jun, 2026, 08.22 PM IST
How four teenagers accidentally discovered a 19,000-year-old cave filled with more than 2,000 ancient paintingsIn 1940, a dog led Marcel Ravidat to the Lascaux cave, revealing thousands of prehistoric paintings dating back 17,000-19,000 years. These ...
18 Jun, 2026, 06.23 PM IST
Burmese pythons in Florida are changing Everglades in a surprising way: Study reveals giant snakes are spreading seedsBurmese pythons in Florida's Everglades are now understood to be indirectly spreading plant seeds by consuming birds and mammals that eat f...
18 Jun, 2026, 04.25 PM IST
Florida has moved more than 97,000 gopher tortoises since 2009, but the booming rescue industry may be hiding a harder question about whether these reptiles can actually survive the shuffleFlorida's gopher tortoise relocation program, designed to protect the species from development, faces scrutiny. While developers pay to mov...
18 Jun, 2026, 03.26 PM IST
Hidden beneath Antarctica’s dry valleys, microscopes and drones are revealing tiny life that looks alien, and filmmakers say seeing the unseen could change how we protect Earth’s most fragile ecosystemsScientists are uncovering surprisingly resilient life in Antarctica's harsh, Mars-like regions. Advanced technology, including drones and m...
18 Jun, 2026, 03.16 PM IST
15-million-year-old Asura Hadda (demon bones) found in Odisha's Baripada during college field trip. Here's everything we knowAncient marine fossils, locally called 'Asura Hadda', have been found in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district. These 15-million-year-old discoverie...
18 Jun, 2026, 01.03 PM IST
Psychology says people who save shopping bags inside other shopping bags are responding to an ancient survival instinctAt its heart, this habit is rarely about the bags themselves. It is more about psychological efficiency. The brain naturally seeks to reduc...
18 Jun, 2026, 11.49 AM IST
Archaeologists found a spiral catacomb beneath Alexandria, and it changed how they understood burial in Roman EgyptBelow the vibrant city of Alexandria, the enigmatic Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa unfold, revealing a fascinating tapestry of Egyptian, Greek...
17 Jun, 2026, 05.01 PM IST
India restores 21.76 million hectares of deforested land, nears 84 per cent of Bonn Challenge targetIndia has made significant strides in land restoration. Between 2011 and 2020, over 21 million hectares of degraded land were restored, as ...
17 Jun, 2026, 03.06 PM IST
He shot a wolf for fun. Then something in its dying eyes turned a hunter into America's greatest conservationistAs the animal lay dying, Aldo Leopold looked into its eyes and saw what he later described as a “fierce green fire” fading away. In that mo...
16 Jun, 2026, 11.00 PM IST
Fish are adapting to rivers shaped by dams and barriers, and that may be changing how man-made rivers function over timeFor decades, river restoration has focused on returning waterways to conditions that existed before dams, weirs and large-scale human inter...
15 Jun, 2026, 06.03 PM IST
In the 1950s, Swiss farmers intensified and mechanized their fields; nine decades of records now reveal an unexpected divide: butterflies are still struggling, while forest beetles have fully bounced backButterflies and beetles are disappearing at an alarming rate. A Swiss study reveals significant butterfly losses since 1930, linked to farm...
15 Jun, 2026, 03.53 PM IST
18 koalas moved to Kangaroo Island in the 1920s; a century on, 27,000 descendants are stripping eucalyptus bare and risk mass starvationKoalas are overpopulating in South Australia's Mount Lofty Ranges. This boom threatens eucalyptus forests, their food source. Scientists pr...
15 Jun, 2026, 03.53 PM IST
Best aggressive hybrid mutual funds to invest in June 2026Hybrid mutual funds, particularly aggressive hybrid schemes, offer resilience in volatile markets due to their balanced equity and debt por...
15 Jun, 2026, 09.20 AM IST
Secret ocean rule: For 400 years, these villagers protected fish with ancient technique; Now scientists say it could help save world's dying coral reefsSecret ocean rule: Eastern Indonesian coastal communities have long practiced sasi, a traditional ocean management system where areas are t...
11 Jun, 2026, 05.52 PM IST