PM Modi inaugurates Vantara in Gujarat: A landmark in wildlife conservationPrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Vantara, the world's largest animal rescue and conservation centre in Gujarat. Spread over 3,500 a...
04 Mar, 2025, 01.10 PM IST
Mammalian brain size depends on the quality of parental care: StudyThe research was carried out on a sample of bird brains.
11 Feb, 2023, 10.23 AM IST
Happy birthday, Walt Disney! 7 lessons on entrepreneurship, reinvention, and dreaming big from the OG showmanFrom going bankrupt to building a multi-billion empire, reinvention was Disney's secret to longevity.
06 Dec, 2022, 11.37 AM IST
Tarantulas from Poland, Tamarins from Thailand seized in ChennaiThe end price of exotic creatures is very high. But enforcement agencies, in recent years, have stopped assigning any monetary value to wil...
31 Jul, 2021, 11.00 PM IST
Maharashtra: Bird flu cases confirmed in Parbhani, Mumbai, ThaneIn the morning, Parbhani Collector Deepak Muglikar told that bird flu has been confirmed as the cause of death of around 900 hens at a poul...
11 Jan, 2021, 04.32 PM IST
Maharashtra confirms bird flu cases in Parbhani, Mumbai, Thane, Beed and Dapoli11 Jan, 2021, 04.30 PM IST
Zimbabwe bird sanctuary has 400 species, not enough touristsThere is a martial eagle, a black eagle, an Egyptian vulture and hundreds of other birds. With an estimated 400 species of birds on an idyl...
11 Jul, 2020, 01.04 PM IST
DRI busts exotic birds trafficking syndicate, arrests 2 for smuggling 22 macaws from BangladeshThe joint operation was carried out in coordination with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and the Customs Department at the Kolkata...
23 Jun, 2020, 08.55 AM IST
From Dajipur's wild side to Dahanu's lovely beaches, what would you choose?A trip to Bannerghatta Biological Park is also a fulfiling experience for a nature enthusiast.
25 Jan, 2018, 05.00 AM IST
Peru: Trees like giants in the Amazon jungle, pink dolphins frolick and shamans make magical brewsThe interaction of water and sediment between these two large rivers is very significant for Pacaya Samiria, which houses a large diversity...
24 Dec, 2017, 12.24 AM IST
- In a first, parrots found using and sharing tools
A species of parrots found in Madagascar and Comoros was found to use tools – a first among parrots.
16 Dec, 2015, 01.29 PM IST
Birds, not just mammals, copy yawns: StudyContagious yawning was previously thought only to occur between humans, domestic dogs, chimpanzees and Sprague-Dawley rat.
30 May, 2015, 12.06 PM IST
Un-lonely SelfIt’s been believed for a while now that an enforced or even self-imposed isolation deprives normally social animals, including us of course...
08 Apr, 2014, 06.30 AM IST
Evil eye falls on slender lorisThey are round-eyed, timid, nocturnal primates. And their chances of survival seem to be getting slender owing to the gruesome way in which...
12 Jul, 2013, 04.32 AM IST
Polly made us jollyAnthropologist Pat Shipman goes so far as to say that the animals made us human- in a control freaky way, which allowed one group of primat...
18 Sep, 2010, 06.25 AM IST
- Birdwings and koala hugs
Surrounded by the lush green yet the dense World Heritage Rainforests, Kuranda Village happens to be the most scenic mountainous retreat wi...
01 Feb, 2007, 12.00 AM IST