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In 2021, Leonardo DiCaprio and a biologist met Jeff Bezos, wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos, meeting led to $200 million mega project to revive 100 of Earth’s most threatened speciesLeonardo DiCaprio and biologist Wes Sechrest met with the Amazon-founding billionaire Bezos and his wife, former TV news reporter and host ...
06 Aug, 2026, 05.36 AM IST
Jeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio put $200 million behind 100 endangered species across 30 countries. The list includes rare lemurs and pangolins to a ‘living fossil’ echidnaJeff Bezos and Leonardo DiCaprio have launched a $200 million conservation project to help 100 critically endangered species across 30 coun...
04 Aug, 2026, 06.28 PM IST
Solar farms have a superpower beyond clean energySolar farms in the US are being developed to combat climate change and biodiversity loss by incorporating native plants that support pollin...
06 Sep, 2024, 10.37 AM IST
Scientists find the largest known genome inside a small plantTmesipteris oblanceolata has the largest known genome on Earth. As the researchers described in a study published Friday, the fern's cells ...
01 Jun, 2024, 11.31 AM IST
Most money for endangered species goes to a small number of creatures, leaving others in limboSince the passage of the Endangered Species Act, over 1,700 species in the US have been listed as threatened or endangered. However, there ...
30 Dec, 2023, 04.11 PM IST
Australia: Scientists discover lizard-like ancient amphibian species which occupied country 247 million years agoWith fewer than 10 fossils of this lizard-like species being globally recognized, experts suggest that the revelation could revolutionize o...
09 Aug, 2023, 05.04 PM IST
Paleontologists discover 1st 'unmistakable' caecilian fossils of amphibian-like animal29 Jan, 2023, 10.35 PM IST
- Why NASA sent human sperm to space
Washington, April 6 (IANS) With talk of space tourism and even trips to Mars, NASA has launched human sperm to the International Space Stat...
06 Apr, 2018, 05.37 PM IST
Biggest, smallest animals at high extinction risk: Study19 Sep, 2017, 01.07 PM IST
Indian scientists discover four new species of smallest known frogs from the Western GhatsUnlike other frogs in the genus that are predominantly stream dwelling, the new miniature frogs were found under damp forest leaf litter or...
22 Feb, 2017, 01.13 AM IST
- Giant salamander terrorised Earth 200 million years ago
The species was part of a wider group of primitive amphibians that were widespread at low latitudes 220-230 million years ago.
24 Mar, 2015, 02.39 PM IST
- Gangetic River Dolphin, Dugong are now high-priority for conservation
The Gangetic River Dolphin, Asian Elephant, Pangolin and Dugong (sea cow) are among some of the most endangered species from India that fea...
17 May, 2013, 08.38 PM IST
- But 'extinct' frogs haven't croaked
Delighted conservationists have announced they had found two species of African frog (Omaniundu reed & Mount Nimba reed) and a cave-dwellin...
24 Sep, 2010, 04.49 AM IST