Retired astronaut dies in jet ski crash
July 2nd, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 2 (IANS) A 51-year-old retired US astronaut who was on a stationary jet ski, a small vehicle which skims across the surface of water and is driven like ... Read more...
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Paddy comes to rescue of elephants in Arunanchal
May 21st, 2012 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Seijosa (Arunachal Pradesh), May 21 (IANS) The humble paddy has come to the rescue of elephants facing retaliation from villagers during human-elephant conflict in and around the Pakke Tiger Reserve ... Read more...
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Habitat loss drives Sumatran tiger to verge of extinction
February 29th, 2012 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 29 (IANS) The destruction of vegetation is driving the Sumatran tiger to the brink of extinction, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) researchers say.
The Sumatran tiger, native to Indonesia, ... Read more...
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Hundreds of fish washing up dead on Florida beaches
July 21st, 2011 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
Miami, July 21 (IANS/EFE) US authorities are probing what could be killing hundreds of fish and other marine animals, including sharks and manatees, which in recent days have been washing ... Read more...
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Alligator attacks police car
May 4th, 2011 - 7:43 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Gainesville, May 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A deputy in Gainesville Florida suffered an unusual car accident when he responded to a call about an animal nuisance near the local Golf and Country Club ... Read more...
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Grand piano found on sandbar in Miami Bay
January 26th, 2011 - 12:42 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Miami, Jan 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The US authorities have indicated that they will not be moving a grand piano that mysteriously appeared on a sandbar in Miami Bay.The piano is estimated to ... Read more...
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Grand Piano Found on Sandbar Miami Bay
January 26th, 2011 - 12:17 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Jan (THAINDIAN NEWS) A grand piano, which weighed at least 650 pounds, was recently discovered on a sandbar located about two hundred yards from the condominiums on Miami, Florida's Biscayne Bay. The ... Read more...
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German Resident Confesses His Mailing Of Hundreds Of Tarantulas, With Some Being Endangered Ones
January 20th, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
January 20, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The red-kneed tarantula, which is an indigenous Mexican spider, can become nearly 4 inches long, with a leg extension of 6 inches. It has a ... Read more...
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Mythical ‘goat sucker’ chupacabra shot by US man
December 28th, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 28 (ANI): A fabled blood-sucking creature called chupacabra was shot and killed in Lebanon Junction, Kentucky, after it emerged from woodland into the garden of a home.It's equally plausible that ... Read more...
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Sundarbans tigers are ‘half the weight of other Bengal tigers in South Asia’
October 4th, 2010 - 4:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 4 (ANI): A study has found that tigers in the Sundarbans in Bangaldesh are nearly half the weight of other wild Bengal tigers in South Asia.The average weight of female ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Future of North Carolina Wild Horses Uncertain
September 21st, 2010 - 3:45 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The world in which some if the last wild horses left in the Eastern United States is slowly shrinking, and the fate of these majestic creatures is looking ... Read more...
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Gator Bites off the Hand of Florida Teen
July 14th, 2010 - 2:42 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
July 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to wildlife officials in Florida, an alligator bit off the hand of an 18 year old while he was in the water at a popular swimming area ... Read more...
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Majority Of Tar Balls Found In Texas Unrelated To BP Oil Spill
July 11th, 2010 - 7:14 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
July 11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Majority of the tar balls that washed up on the shores of Texas cannot be traced back to the oil spill in gulf of Mexico, coastal ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Kentucky man survives bear attack
June 30th, 2010 - 3:03 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Louisville, Jun 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Kentucky inhabitant was attacked by a black bear in Kentucky. He was lucky enough to survive the attack, despite the fact that he still needed to ... Read more...
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Bumblebees Included In The Catalog Of Endangered Species
June 24th, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 24, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A conservationist outfit in America launched an appeal on Wednesday that demanded the inclusion of a bumblebee from Southern Oregon and Northern California in ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Conservationists Petition To Add Franklin’s Bumblebee Into Endangered Species List
June 24th, 2010 - 7:22 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
June 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A conservationist group has filed a petition that puts Franklin's bumblebee into the endangered list. The species is found in Southern Oregon and Northern California. The ... Read more...
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7-foot gator enters a school
June 8th, 2010 - 11:11 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
A 7-foot gator entered the Stewart Middle School on Monday at around 7 am. The school is located on the western bank of the mighty Hillsborough River, which flows just ... Read more...
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7-foot Gator Seized At A Tampa Middle School
June 8th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
There was a surprise visitor for the unsuspecting students of a Tampa middle school on Monday. However, the surprise guest was a rather deadly one. It was an approximately 7-foot gator. ... Read more...
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7-Feet Long Gator Found In A Tampa Middle School
June 8th, 2010 - 6:53 pm ICT by GD
It seems that as the mating season of the Alligators is nearing, the reptiles are busy finding a mate.On Monday a 7-feet long alligator was found in a middle School in ... Read more...
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Barack Obama upstaged by scurrying rodent
May 22nd, 2010 - 2:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 22 (ANI): In the midst of his battle with Wall Street, US President Barack Obama was upstaged - by a mystery rodent.Obama had just begun a Rose Garden statement ... Read more...
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Arizona woman charged for capturing last wild jaguar in the U.S.
May 18th, 2010 - 2:13 am ICT by BNO News
TUCSON, ARIZONA (BNO NEWS) – An Arizona woman was charged for capturing a jaguar, which is an endangered species, prosecutors said Monday.Janay Brun, 38, of Arivaca, Arizona, placed jaguar scat or was ... Read more...
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President Obama addresses BP oil spill catastrophe
May 15th, 2010 - 3:29 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON D.C. (BNO NEWS) – President Barack Obama met with Cabinet members and administration officials on Friday in order to discuss the ongoing efforts to stop the BP oil spill in the ... Read more...
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Alaskan Teacher Mauled, Wolves Back On American Soil
March 15th, 2010 - 7:28 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Anchorage, Mar 15, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The wolves are back in the United States after a long lapse of 50 years. This time the victim is an Alaskan teacher Candice Berner ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Loggerhead Turtles May Be Put In Endangered Category
March 12th, 2010 - 7:59 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Mar 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The loggerheads turtles may be put in endangered species list if a federal government recommendation is made effective, certain sources have reported. The recommendation was made ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Alaska Governor “outraged” by Corps of Engineers’ decision on drill pad
February 7th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by BNO News
By Rodrigo AguiarANCHORAGE (BNO NEWS) -- Alaska Governor Sean Parnell said Saturday he is outraged by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to deny Conoco Phillips and Anadarko a permit to ... Read more...
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Polar bears in southern Beaufort Sea spending more time on land and open water
January 8th, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 8 (ANI): In a long-term study, data collected between 1979 and 2005 has shown that polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea are occurring more frequently on land and in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Manatee Migration Season In Tampa Bay Comes In To Effect
November 18th, 2009 - 7:41 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Nov.18, (THAINDIAN NEWS) With the approach of winter season, different birds and animals have started to migrate from colder places to the warmer regions. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
400 Pound Python Delilah Captured In Florida
September 14th, 2009 - 7:23 am ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
A massive 18 feet long Burmese python was seized by the wild life officials at a Florida house on Friday. The 16 years old giant snake is said to weigh ... Read more...
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Arctic oil rigs help predators prey on nesting birds
September 9th, 2009 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) Developing oil rigs in the Arctic is helping predators prey on nesting birds by providing them with subsidised housing.
They nest and den around drilling infrastructure and supplement their ... Read more...
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World’s smallest satellite tags to track rare Kittlitz’s Murrelet seabirds
September 6th, 2009 - 11:51 am ICT by ANI
Washington, September 6 (ANI): Scientists have attached the world's smallest satellite tags to the members of the rare and rapidly declining Kittlitz's Murrelet seabirds, in order to track them.Most of these birds ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Researchers can now study how an ecosystem develops
August 7th, 2009 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) Last year when Alaska's Kasatochi volcano erupted, it sterilized and covered the small Aleutian island with a layer of ash. The eruption also provided a rare research opportunity: ... Read more...
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Shipwrecks can wreck coral reefs
August 4th, 2009 - 3:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 4 (ANI): A team of researchers has for the first time shown that shipwrecks and other man-made structures increase the potential for large invasions of unwanted species into coral reefs, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Palouse Earthworm Draws Attention
July 12th, 2009 - 6:18 pm ICT by GD
Researchers all over the world have been trying to save or protect the endangered species, whether be an animal or a worm. One such endeavor has been taken by the U.S. Fish ... Read more...
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Change in bald eagle diet linked to sea otter decline
October 4th, 2008 - 4:03 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 4 (ANI): A new study has found that the decline of sea otters along Alaskas Aleutian Islands has forced a change in the diet of a terrestrial predator the ... Read more...
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Palin hired oil-funded researchers to play down risks of climate change on polar bears
October 1st, 2008 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 1 (ANI): To back efforts to stop polar bears being protected as an endangered species, Governor Sarah Palin and her officials in the Alaskan state government drew on the ... Read more...
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