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Study reveals impact of animals as architects of Earth
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A new study led by Professor Gemma Harvey from Queen Mary University of London has revealed how hundreds of species shape the landscapes we depend on, from termite mounds visible from space to beavers creating wetlands and hippos carving drainage systems.
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Madagascar hippos were forest dwellers: Study
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that extinct dwarf hippos that once roamed Madagascar lived in forests rather than the open grasslands preferred by common hippos on mainland Africa.
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2.9-million-year-old butchery site reopens case of who made first stone to
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to new research led by researchers with the National Museums of Kenya, Liverpool John Moores University, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, early human ancestors used some of the oldest stone tools ever discovered to b
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Escobar's feral hippos destroying Columbia's aquatic ecosystem: Study
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bogota [Columbia], Feb 2 (ANI): The aquatic ecosystem of Columbia is being ravaged by the invasive hippo populations that are descendants of the animals that were owned by the feared drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.
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Blind adults do recognise animal appearances
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 27 (ANI): Contrary to the idea that blind people learn about animal appearance from sighted people's descriptions, a recent study claims that with the help of logical inference blind adults gets a rich insight into what hippos and sharks look like.
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Loss of elephants, megaherbivores could lead to rapid environmental change
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept. 13 (ANI): According to a new research loss of megaherbivores such as elephants and hippos could allow woody plants, non-grassy herbs and flowering plants to encroach the grasslands in African national parks.
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