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Species extinction affects complex ecosystems: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 4 (ANI): Research by the UK-based University of Southampton has found that methods used to predict the effect of species extinction on ecosystems could be producing inaccurate results. This is because current thinking assumes that when a species vanishes, its role
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'Operation Thunder Bird' a big success for Forest Dept
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 3 (ANI): Seventy one people were arrested and a total of 2,524 live species of scheduled animals, 19.2 kg of elephant ivory, one tiger skin, nine carcasses of wild animals, one organ pipe coral, one jar snake venom, eight leopard skins and one Indian Mujtac skin was s
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Trained dogs may help to detect threatened cheetahs: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Feb. 24 (ANI): US researchers have suggested that specially trained dogs can be used to find wide-ranging species that are often threatened, sepecially cheetah in a region of Western Zambia.
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Don't be so clean! Obsession with hygiene could kill benefial bacteri
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 20. (ANI): Good news for all those lazy-headed not-really-a-cleanliness-freak out there! Scientists have found out that the obsession with hygiene could even be turning some beneficial bacteria found in the human gut into "endangered species".
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Newly discovered moth species named after Donald Trump
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Jan. 19 (ANI): Ahead of his swearing-in ceremony, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has received a unique gift.
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Tourists throng zoo to witness rare animals in Himachal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kufri (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Jan 1 (ANI): A zoo in Himachal Pradesh's Kufri hill station, home to several endangered species of birds and animals, is attracting visitors in large numbers.
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The Body Shop's 'wildest Christmas ever' campaign to protec
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 21 (ANI): Shoppers will be able to help protect some of the world's most endangered species this Christmas by buying gifts for their loved ones from The Body Shop.
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New creatures discovered undersea!
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 19 (ANI): Six new animal species have been discovered in the undersea hot springs 2.8 kilometres deep in the southwest Indian Ocean.
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This Christmas, find out species' evolution with your 'Yule tree
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 19 (ANI): What comes in your mind when we say 'Yule tress?' Of course a brightly decorated balsam fir with gifts all around.
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Monkeys in Brazil unintentionally carve tools used by humans, 4300 years a
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C [US], Dec.12 (ANI):A recent study found that the Bearded or Black-Striped Capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus), a species of wild monkey found in Brazil, makes sharp stone flakes by strongly and repeatedly hammering one rock against another embedded in an outcrop with a clear intent
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Human ancestor Lucy used to climb trees: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.1 (ANI): According to a recent research, evidence preserved in the internal skeletal structure of the world-famous fossil, Lucy, suggests the ancient human species frequently climbed trees.
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Hop on with frog's evolutionary movements
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov.24 (ANI): A new study, collecting genetic data by an international group of scientists, says that a common species of Asian tree frog may actually be two separate species.
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