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UPenn researchers copied elephant skin in porous cement tiles; a mockup home stayed near 32°C versus 42°C and 52°C with commercial stucco surfacesResearchers developed innovative cement tiles inspired by elephant skin for passive cooling. These tiles feature engineered cracks that abs...
In 2024, eastern garter snakes passed a scent-based self-recognition test: 24 snakes investigated their own altered scent, suggesting self-recognitionRecent studies reveal that eastern garter snakes exhibit self-recognition through scent detection rather than through mirrors. This intrigu...
Perfect Newborn Baby Gifts to Celebrate a Little One’s ArrivalFinding the perfect gift for a newborn can be overwhelming, but not anymore! In this article below, we have curated a list of the best newb...
Thoughtful & Affordable: The Best Baby Shower Gifts Under ₹1000Finding the best baby shower gifts under ₹1000 can be challenging, but not anymore! We have carefully curated a list of thoughtful, practic...
A glimpse into Vantara, the ‘pet project’ of Anant Ambani, that rescued more than 2,000 animalsLocated in the 'Green Zone' of Jamnagar, Gujarat, this one-of-a-kind animal rescue and rehabilitation centre, currently houses more than 20...
Anand Mahindra's masterclass on overcoming obstacles, inspired by an elephant videoAnand Mahindra, billionaire businessman, shared a video of an elephant overcoming a barbed wire fence, turning it into a lesson on how to o...
World Elephant Day 2022: History, significance and facts about the largest land mammals on earthPoaching is the No. 1 threat facing these 'gentle giants'. Loss of habitat, human-elephant conflict, mistreatment by humans, captivity are ...
Rare white elephant born in Myanmar: State media
Humans are the only bad animals: The agonising death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala once again proves this factSome are attempting to rationalise this incident by saying no one may have deliberately fed her the explosive.
Unilever considers $1 billion bid for skincare brandUnilever has been expanding into new areas as its traditional brands stagnate.
ED attaches property of Kaziranga deputy conservatorTalukdar was arrested by the anti-corruption branch of Assam in June. The former deputy conservator of forest had active connection with th...
Nine bizarre stress-busting techniques practised across the worldVampire facelift, leech therapy, bird poo and placenta facial massages are so passe! Therapeutic biting is the latest hot treatment in Holl...
Genome sequencing brings woolly mammoth clones closerA mammoth gene involved in temperature sensation was resurrected in the laboratory and its protein product characterised.
- Govt plans creches for cubs, real time monitoring of reserves to protect tigers
Stray tiger cubs will now be cared for by the government and sent across to specially designed enclosures in national parks or zoos.
- Ace India shooter Heena Sidhu in anti-hunting campaign
She's headed to the Commonwealth Games (which begins on July 23 in Glasgow), where she hopes to take home yet another gold medal, but there...
Indian dolphin, elephant among top 100 mammals facing extinction: Zoological society of LondonThe Zoological Society of London have for the first time scored the world's mammals according to how Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally E...
- Save the Elephant
Short-sightedness could reduce the grand animal to but a pachyderm
- Bharti Kher's bindi art goes for Rs 7 crore at Sotheby's
Bharti Kher has become the country’s top-selling woman artist, with her celebrated elephant sculpture fetching $1.5 million (Rs 6.9 crore) ...
- Sotheby's to auction Bharti Kher's iconic life-sized elephant
An iconic life-sized elephant in a crouched position by UK-born Indian sculptor Bharti Kher will go under the hammer at Sotheby's tomorrow ...
- Arrested poachers' could have Sansar Chand links
The five persons arrested near Jim Corbett National Park with a tiger skin could have links with notorious poacher Sansar Chand and more ar...