Hippo kills man in Burundi
August 13th, 2012 - 8:04 am ICT by IANS
Bujumbura (Burundi), Aug 13 (IANS) A hippopotamus killed a fisherman in Lake Rweru in central Africa's Burundi, Xinhua reported.The incident took place in the lake in Busoni, in Burundi's northern ... Read more...
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Zoo seeks match for female zebras
March 1st, 2012 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 1 (IANS) The Prince of Wales zoo here has a new task cut out for itself - finding a matrimonial match for two of its female inmates - ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
500 elephants killed in DR Congo’s national park
February 9th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Kinshasa, Feb 9 (IANS) Over 500 elephants have been killed by poachers at DR Congo's Virunga national park since 2010, a senior government official has revealed.An official of the Congolese ... Read more...
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Helpful hippo helps stranded animals on the Mara River
November 11th, 2010 - 9:26 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Nairobi, Nov 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Animals are often not regarded as having affection for other species. They show great affection for their own but they are often not known to do the ... Read more...
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Rare pink hippos spotted in Kenya
October 1st, 2010 - 7:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Oct 1 (THAINDIAN NEWS) British cameramen have come across a very scarce type of hippos, which are pink in color.The Britishers - Will and Matt Burrard-Lucas were looking for wildebeest on the ... Read more...
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New dino species christened ‘Mojoceratops’ for its ‘magic charm’
July 9th, 2010 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 9 (ANI): It has a heart shaped frill on its head, and a flamboyant appearance too - so Mojoceratops seemed like an apt name for the new dino species."I discovered ... Read more...
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Now, a song for the “Big Bang Machine”
December 28th, 2009 - 3:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, December 28 (ANI): Reports have indicated that the official choir of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is to record a song dedicated to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), ... Read more...
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(After 12) Outrage over killing of hippo in Colombia
July 17th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Rodrigo Ruiz Tovar
Bogota, July 17 (DPA) The killing of a hippopotamus that escaped from a private zoo once owned by slain drug lord Pablo Escobar has sparked public outrage in Colombia.Pepe, ... Read more...
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Humans may have been responsible for “megafauna” demise 46,000 years ago
June 23rd, 2009 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 23 (ANI): A team of scientists has analyzed the fossil of the extinct giant kangaroo to determine that humans were responsible for the demise of "megafauna" 46,000 years ago.There ... Read more...
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Skulls of ancient hippos shed light on origin of Hobbit’s brain
May 9th, 2009 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Ancient Madagascan hippos have shed light on the origins of the small brain of the 1-metre-tall human, known as the 'hobbit'.By examining the skulls of extinct Madagascan hippos, ... Read more...
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Upper and Lower Egypt were politically and culturally united in pre-dynastic times
January 26th, 2009 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Jan 26 (ANI): Recent discoveries by a Polish archaeological mission in the Nile delta have revealed that far from being hostile regions as previously supposed, Upper and Lower Egypt were ... Read more...
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Experience can be the best teacher for infants
October 1st, 2008 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 1 (ANI): Researchers suggest that active, hands-on experience can be an immensely effective way of improving infants'' ability of learning.
The team has found that infants who had an opportunity ... Read more...
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Experience is best teacher for babies
October 1st, 2008 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 1 (IANS) Infants who used a plastic cane to get an out-of-reach toy were better able to understand the goal of another person's use of a similar tool than were ... Read more...
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Tiny deer-like mammals were whales ancestors
December 20th, 2007 - 1:22 pm ICT by admin
Washington, December 20 (ANI): Whales have evolved from tiny deer-like mammals that jumped into rivers to flee prehistoric predators, according to a new study.Lead researcher Hans Thewissen, a palaeontologist at North-eastern ... Read more...
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