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Armadillo “ice-cream cone holes” in your yard? What it means and how to stop the midnight drillingHomeowners are discovering small cone-like holes in their lawns. These are signs of armadillos foraging for insects at night. The animals d...- Where native rats disappear, something far more dangerous takes overMadagascar's unique wildlife faces a threat from invasive black rats. These newcomers are pushing out native tufted-tailed rats from degrad...
- Why Discovering New Species Is Slower Than It SeemsDiscovering a new species is a lengthy scientific process, not just a single sighting. Formal recognition requires meticulous description, ...
- Why Scientists Are Finding So Many Strange New Animals LatelyScientists are discovering over 16,000 new species annually, a rate faster than ever before. This surge is driven by advanced tools, global...
- Why Discovering New Species Is Slower Than It SeemsScientists are discovering over 16,000 new species annually, a historic high. However, formally identifying and naming these organisms is a...
- The “New Species” Pipeline Is Speeding Up—and It’s Revealing What We’ve MissedScientists are identifying new species at an unprecedented rate, not due to recent evolution, but improved genetic and observational tools....
- ‘Embrace the penguin’: How a White House posted meme went viral, triggered backlash, and got it wrongA White House social media post featuring an AI-generated image of President Trump with a penguin in Greenland has caused a stir. The image...
- What we know about the Barbados threadsnake, the world’s smallest snake missing for 2 decadesBarbados threadsnake, the world's smallest snake, resurfaces after two decades. Ecologist Connor Blades found it during a survey in March 2...
- Discovery of a new species: Large creature Antarctic Strawberry Feather Star with 20 arms discovered in AntarcticaThe unveiling of the Antarctic strawberry feather star stands as a testament to the wonders that await discovery in the uncharted depths of...
- Our 'evil,' 'guilty' animal cousins who ape usThere is a sense of delicious longing that accompanies a second visit to a destination that constitutes a past serendipity. And when it tra...
- New frog species found in Meghalaya caveThe team named the new species as Amolops siju after the cave from where this discovery was made and the description of the new species was...
- Flowering plants originated 250 million years ago: StudyFlowering plants may have originated between 149 and 256 million years ago, according to a study published today. Researchers found that fl...
- New species of flying squirrel, a ‘surprising’ discovery
- New snail species named for same-sex marriage rightsA new species of hermaphrodite land snail found in Taiwan has been named in support of same-sex marriage rights.
- 180 species of fish that glow in dark discovered in oceansOver 180 species of fishes have been identified that glow in a wide range of colours and patterns in the world’s oceans.
- How weak checks and balances in mining are destroying forests and livelihoods in IndiaBetween 2003 and 2009, while allotting coal blocks to companies for captive use, the coal ministry, allotted as many as 16 blocks in and ar...
- Two third of marine life still unknown: StudyAt least two-third of the species that live in the world's oceans are completely unknown, according to latest research published last week ...
- New frog species discovered in New York cityA new species of frog has been discovered in the bustling city of New York amid the skyscrapers and subways, which scientists say is "nothi...
- Eco ministry says its satellite tech use is optimalAccording to the Union environment ministry, there are 6.5 million hectares of plantations outside the recorded forest area, which primaril...
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