Scientists have discovered that honey bees, Apis mellifera, have an extraordinary talent. Using their superior sense of smell, even more sensitive than that of a dog, bees can be trained to detec…
Ashwika Kapur from Kolkata became the first Indian woman to win the prestigious Wildscreen Panda Award or the 'Green Oscar' in Bristol late last year. She won the wildlife photography …
A new study has shed light on why people crave for sugary or starchy foods, saying that brain senses how much glucose is reaching it and then prompts animals to seek more if it detects a sh…
Fear gripped neighbourhoods around Vandalur zoo after one of the five Bengal tigers was suspected to have gone missing from its enclosure. A 7m-high wall around the enclosure had collapsed around 7a…
A big crowd of gawkers has gathered around Yuvraj, a giant 1400kg Murrah bull that on Friday was crowned champion at Meerut's All India Cattle Show by a 10-member jury, startled as much by the an…
Blue whales ( Balaenoptera musculus ), the largest animals on Earth, have been slow to recover since they were nearly hunted to extinction in the last century. But now, scientists say that the popu…
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