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Looking at birds through their sounds: Gujarat birder Viral Joshi captures
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Amreli (Gujarat), Apr 1 (ANI): Calls of birds such as bar-headed goose, plum-headed parakeet and a flame-throated bulbul are among over 500 avian species from different corners of India recorded by Amreli-based naturalist Viral Joshi, who has put them on an online database dedicated to sh
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Global extinctions because of alien species reveals a new study
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 04 (ANI): It has been noted since the 1500s, alien species are the cause of approximately 126 extinctions in both, animal and plant species.
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Bacteria found in frog skin may help fight fungal infections in humans
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 2 (ANI): The past few decades has seen a lethal disease wipe off populations of frogs and other amphibians worldwide, even driving some species to extinction. Yet other amphibians resisted the epidemic.
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Here's how fungi influence global plant colonisation
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 28 (ANI): It turns out that the symbiosis of plants and fungi has a great influence on the worldwide spread of plant species. In some cases, it even acts like a filter.
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Chennai: 2 smugglers arrested with 660 kg wildlife species
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Two smugglers were arrested after a total of 660 kg of wildlife species were seized by customs officials here in a raid conducted on Monday night.
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Galapagos giant tortoise thought 'extinct' found after 100 years
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 21 (ANI): A living member of a species of giant tortoise long thought to be extinct has been discovered on the Galapagos island of Ferdinandina.
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Mother dog coping with loss of puppies adopts baby possum
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Feb 14 (ANI): A mother dog in Australia, distraught after losing her own puppies has adopted a kid, from a different species.
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Almost 2,000 bacteria discovered in human gut
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 12 (ANI): Researchers have now identified almost 2,000 bacterial species living the human gut. The team from EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute and the Wellcome Sanger Institute used a range of computational methods to analyse samples from individuals worldwi
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One-quarter of vertebrates die because of humans, finds study
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 11 (ANI): Humans cause more than 25 per cent of deaths among an array of species all over the globe.
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Six vultures feeding by rail track run over by train
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India] Feb 2 (ANI): As many as six vultures feeding on a cow carcass by a railway track were run over by a train in West Bengal's Siliguri district.
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Two new species of fungi identified in retreating Arctic glacier
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): Two new species of fungi have made an appearance in a rapidly melting glacier on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic.
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Now, a new mathematical model can help save species from extinction
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): One thing that species like the blue whale, Bengal tiger and the green turtle have in common is the fact that all three of them are at the brink of extinction and are classified as endangered species.
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