Nature works in the most mysterious ways ever – its wonderful medium of enacting information through various fossil sample preserved for millions of years is truly inspiring. Fossilized tree resin, known as amber, has also offered paleontologists some extraordinary insight into the ancient ecosystems and
Nature is brimming with gorgeous flora and fauna species, and wildlife photography has lent us humans a way to witness the beauty of natural world through animal behavior and more. There are plenty of wildlife photography competitions that bring stunning views into perspective and harsh
The critically endangered Great Indian Bustards are beautiful birds, but they have been facing existential threats from various anthropogenic activities. In an initiative to protect the endangered bird, the Wildlife Conservation Society India (WSCI) is installing flap-like diverters on live wires to protect Great Indian Bustards. The
The year 2020 hasn’t been what most of us planned or expected it to be. The coronavirus pandemic disrupted all the plans and humans were coerced to stay indoors for several months. While, the year wasn’t much productive for humans, wildlife thrived in the absence
Plastic pollution has emerged as a gigantic problem for the planet and all its inhabitants. While developed countries have been shipping off their plastic waste to poor nations, the European Union has announced new rules for plastic waste consignments – including bans on the export
Marine life has been severely impacted by human-induced climate change and pollution. However, some ecosystems have still managed somehow, for life to thrive. In a recent and huge discovery, scientists have found a formerly undiscovered population of blue whales living in the Western Indian Ocean
With a fast pacing lifestyle, we have accustomed to online shopping trends; and with that habit, we have all contributed to a mountain of discarded packaging waste. The packaging waste is choking the planet, and much of that is ending up in the oceans. Online
While plastic pollution has been bothering the whole planet, few ingenious ideas have been providing the solution to that problem. Rohit Mehra, Additional Commissioner in the Income Tax Department, has put 70 tonnes of waste plastic bottles to good use. The IRS officer creates vertical
With the human population bloating all over the planet, the need to grow more food has risen rapidly and with that the need to expand our agricultural lands has gone up simultaneously. According to recent research agricultural expansion to meet the global food demand will
It was a historic day for the scientific community when in 2016, a gold miner excavating permafrost in Yukon, Canada, in the Klondike gold fields near Dawson City, came across a mummified carcass of an ancient grey wolf (Canis lupus). Then unearthed, the 57,000 years