Dire wolves are back, and Elon Musk just ordered the next extinct animal- A pet wooly mammothElon Musk has stirred the internet by requesting a miniature woolly mammoth as a pet, just as Colossal Biosciences revealed the world’s fir...
08 Apr, 2025, 01.05 PM IST
Dire Wolves Return: Meet Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi, the first dire wolves to walk the Earth in 13,000 yearsDire Wolves back from Extinction: Three pups bearing the traits of long-extinct dire wolves have been born in a US sanctuary, marking the w...
08 Apr, 2025, 07.53 AM IST
Aurangzebra is Zzz, say hi to AurangutanIndia's fascination with the extinct aurangzebra, extinct since 1707, contrasts with the world's focus on innovation and economic growth dr...
01 Apr, 2025, 11.05 PM IST
Colossal Bio in search to bring lost species back to the futureIndia's rich biodiversity offers unique opportunities for Colossal Biosciences to revive extinct species like the woolly mammoth, thylacine...
30 Jan, 2025, 12.23 AM IST
Human-caused bird extinctions reduced diversity in functions, unique history, study findsA study led by the University of Birmingham reveals that human-induced bird extinctions over 1,30,000 years have dramatically reduced birds...
07 Oct, 2024, 03.01 PM IST
Catch up with south Pacific rat-catchersI found the rat-catchers on deck, sun-tanned and staring out across the waves, trying to spot seabirds and looking for whales. In the dista...
03 Aug, 2024, 11.00 PM IST
End of worlds, an ongoing apocalypseThere have been five mass extinctions on Earth in the past. The sixth extinction refers to the accelerated, widespread extinctions (plural ...
01 Dec, 2023, 11.09 PM IST
Tiger population is an indicator of the ecosystem's wellbeingIf the tigers go extinct, the entire system would collapse. For instance, when the Dodos went extinct in Mauritius, one species of the acac...
02 Jun, 2023, 11.45 PM IST
Can extinct species be brought back to life? Scientists look to solve the riddleScientists seem to have made some progress in attempting to resurrect a flightless bird dodo, which had gone extinct since the 17th century.
02 Feb, 2023, 09.02 PM IST
Face to foot with day zero of the dinosNow, a fossil has reportedly been discovered of a Thescelosaurus neglectus, a 'small' 100-300 kg upright running dinosaur, in the palaeonto...
08 Apr, 2022, 12.16 AM IST
Tooth-billed Pigeon: Is there hope for the Little Dodo?Very little is actually known about tooth-billed pigeons. They are elusive and very rarely seen. The bird known locally as the Manumea is t...
03 Aug, 2020, 11.18 PM IST
150-year-old evolutionary mystery solved: Iconic Kiwi actually once flewScientists have for the first time ever solved a 150-year-old evolutionary mystery — the iconic kiwi actually once flew. Australia can no l...
23 May, 2014, 03.16 PM IST
Sitting duck or a Dodo?Alas, giving up fear also opened the doors of extinction for the hapless birds when the sailor and his stoat arrived on their magic island.
17 Apr, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Dealer-owned-dealer-operated pump owners may migrate to private oil companiesThe war for the lucrative autofuel market in big cities is heating up, and state firms are facing an unprecedented challenge.
19 Feb, 2013, 05.19 AM IST
A matter of perceptionThomas Jefferson, an American Founding Father and the third president of the US, owned hundreds of slaves.
18 May, 2012, 06.17 AM IST
- Issues regarding growth, innovation need new public spaces by emerging groups in society
Democracy is the idea that needs to be continuously reinvented. New issues keep sprouting. There is a danger that we might apply old format...
02 Mar, 2012, 05.05 AM IST
- Indian vultures may be gone in 10 years
The oriental white-backed vulture, once thought to be the commonest bird of prey in the world, has lost 99.9% of its population since 1992,...
02 May, 2008, 05.02 AM IST