Biggest oil spill kills highest number of dolphins
July 20th, 2012 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 20 (IANS) The largest oil spill ever caused the highest number of dolphin deaths in the Gulf of Mexico, concludes a two-year scientific study.Most troubling to scientists was ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Wayne Comben & Graeme Pulle pull in UK’s biggest shark
May 30th, 2012 - 8:11 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, May 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Wayne Comben and Graeme Pullen, two British fishermen have reeled in the biggest shark ever caught in the UK.
Pullen, 60, and Comben, 45, caught the 550 ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
India assumes chair of Indian Ocean Rim grouping (Lead)
November 15th, 2011 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Nov 15 (IANS) India Tuesday for the first time became chairman of the Indian Ocean Rim countries grouping at its ministerial meeting in this tech hub.External Affairs Minister S.M. ... Read more...
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Cavemen and cave bears may have competed for shelter 32,000 yrs ago!
April 27th, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 27 (ANI): Around 32,000 years ago, prehistoric humans might have had to compete with bears to settle into caves, according to a new study.The study on cave bears also shed ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Hungry female spiders alter mating preferences when food is scarce
April 2nd, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 2 (ANI): When food is scarce, hungry female spiders alter mating preferences, new research from the University of Cincinnati has foundThe study examined how short-term and long-term hunger affected mate ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Adapting to climate change may have been easier 13,500yrs ago
December 19th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 19 (ANI): Adapting to climate change may have been easier in the past, according to a new study.Samuel Munoz, now a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and geologist ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Humans helped vulture population flourish in Canary Islands
December 13th, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 13 (ANI): A new study has found that the Egyptian vulture population of the Canary Islands flourished around the same time as humans began to colonise the islands."We found that ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Junk food causing surge in illnesses and allergies in UK: Study
August 3rd, 2010 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 3 (ANI): Britain is facing a spike in allergies and illnesses across the country - courtesy junk food, says a new study.Evidence suggests, according to experts, that 'industrialised' Western diets ... Read more...
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Having BFFs helps female baboons live longer
July 2nd, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 2 (ANI): A new study has found that female baboons that maintain closer ties with other members of their troop live substantially longer than do those whose social bonds are ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Fishes are fond of gardening too!
June 21st, 2010 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 21 (ANI): Damselfish maintain algae gardens and they weed, harvest and defend them, a new study reveals.The research, to be published in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology, also found ... Read more...
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It rains male buffaloes when it rains
May 2nd, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 2 (ANI): Rainfall is linked to skewed sex ratios, according to a study on buffaloes.Scientists noted that an increased proportion of male African buffalo are born during the rainy season. ... Read more...
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Rainfall associated with skewed sex ratios
April 23rd, 2010 - 6:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 23 (ANI): Rainfall is linked to skewed sex ratios, according to a new study.Scientists noted that an increased proportion of male African buffalo are born during the rainy season.Researchers ... Read more...
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Ancestor of emu and cassowary lost flight after becoming fat and lazy
January 26th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, January 26 (ANI): A new study has suggested that the flighted ancestor of birds such as the Australian emu and cassowary became too heavy to fly after the extinction of dinosaurs ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists reconstruct the evolution of bat migration
November 24th, 2009 - 4:56 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, November 24 (ANI): A team of scientists, with the aid of a mathematical model, has reconstructed the evolution of bat migration.The migratory behaviour of the largest extant family of bats, the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Where have sparrows gone? Time Hero to find out (With Images)
September 17th, 2009 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
By Quaid Najmi
Mumbai, Sep 17 (IANS) Wake up in the morning and miss the chirp of the house sparrow? The Indian government wants to know where the little birds have gone and ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Four giant stone-age axes found in African lake basin
September 13th, 2009 - 11:29 am ICT by ANI
Washington, September 13 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has found four giant stone hand axes from the dry basin of Lake Makgadikgadi in the Kalahari Desert in Africa, dating back to the ... Read more...
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First vertebrate to live in trees was small plant-eating synapsid
July 29th, 2009 - 12:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 29 (ANI): A team of paleontologists from the Field Museum, US, has described the first vertebrate to live in trees as the small plant-eating synapsid, which lived in the Late ... Read more...
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Gargantuan dinos the ‘couch potatoes’ of prehistoric world
July 7th, 2009 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 7 (ANI): A new research has determined that due to their huge sizes, dinosaurs were the 'couch potatoes' of the prehistoric world.According to a report in the Telegraph, the ... Read more...
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Ancient Roman Christians liked eating fish
April 11th, 2009 - 3:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 11 (ANI): A recent research on bones from the Roman catacombs has suggested that in ancient Rome, Christians preferred to eat a lot of fish, which indicates that the eating ... Read more...
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Wooly mammoths extinction forced early man to eat roasted vegetables
December 29th, 2008 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 29 (ANI): When wooly mammoths were becoming extinct, some 10,000 years ago, early man had to start cooking vegetables on fire-cracked rock piles.According to a report in the Los ... Read more...
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Dictatorship runs rife in baboon societies
November 21st, 2008 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): When it comes to making decisions about where to eat, baboon society is no democracy, according to a new study.Instead, most baboons in a group will follow ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Grading system for mid-day meal scheme in Uttar Pradesh
August 5th, 2008 - 9:20 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 5 (IANS) A grading system will be adopted to rate all the Uttar Pradesh schools that are providing mid-day meals (MDM) to their students, an official said Tuesday. The schools ... Read more...
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‘Fisheries, not whales behind fish shortage’
June 30th, 2008 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 30 (IANS) Leading conservationists at an International Whaling Commission meet have trashed the argument that whales were behind declining fish stocks. Humane Society International WWF and Lenfest Ocean Program Monday ... Read more...
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Disaster relief starts in cyclone-hit Myanmar
May 7th, 2008 - 12:49 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Bangkok/Yangon, May 7 (DPA) UN emergency relief to the hundreds of thousands of people left homeless and destitute in Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta by Cyclone Nargis started in earnest Wednesday as the first ... Read more...
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Antarcticas King Penguins could be driven to extinction by climate change
February 12th, 2008 - 1:25 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Feb 12 (ANI): A long-term research by UN scientists has warned that Antarcticas King Penguins could be driven to extinction by climate change.According to an AFP report, this prediction has been ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Ancient pandas battled with giant apes for food resources
December 30th, 2007 - 2:03 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 30 (ANI): Ancient pandas competed with the largest known apes for habitat and food nearly half a million years ago on the tropical coast of southern China, suggest new fossils.The ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |