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ELEPHANT TUSKS FUNCTION
Why Are Some Elephants Born Without Tusks Despite Their Natural Need for Them? The Evolutionary Puzzle UncoveredField rangers observed fewer tusked female elephants. Decades of ivory hunting in Gorongosa National Park favored tuskless survivors. This ...- 300,000-year-old 'giant stone tools' discovered in KentA senior geo-archaeologist at the UCL Institute of Archaeology named Letty Ingrey describes the tools as ‘giants’ when they are anywhere ab...
- An ancient people's message on a tiny ivory comb: Get rid of hair and beard liceThe comb dates to around 1700 BC, which is one of the oldest examples of the writing of Canaanites.
- A very old ode to a great lice-destroyerThe sentence on the 3,700-odd-year-old comb, according to a paper published in the latest issue of the Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology, is...
- Hanging solar fences effectively tackling man-elephant conflict in AssamSuch a fence has been installed on the fringe of Rani Reserve Forest near Guwahati and "it has helped overcome the problem of elephants des...
- Mahinda Rajapaksa’s astrologer Abeygunawardena faces the ultimate testIn the 1980s, Abeygunawardena told the Sri Lankan president that he was the long-awaited Prince Diyasena, the hero who, according to legend...
- Govt plans creches for cubs, real time monitoring of reserves to protect tigersStray tiger cubs will now be cared for by the government and sent across to specially designed enclosures in national parks or zoos.
- Can there be anything more exhilarating than a safari?Can there be anything more exhilarating than a safari? Some may wonder if it is actually essential, even if they have no doubt that it is a...
- Ganpati festival: Transformation through agesAs the Ganesh festival reaches its crescendo, ET correspondent looks at the Elephant God as seen through Western eyes over the centuries, a...
- Mysore: Tusker countryTthe call of the elephant in the lush forests of Nagarhole, and the wealth of wildlife and local lore.
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