Animal Kingdom
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From India to Cambodia, efforts are on to save the fishing cat
Researchers stress that the fishing cat’s survival hinges on the protection and restoration of its wetland home, and achieving peaceful coexistence with humans.
Richa Malhotra
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Chernobyl frogs may have undergone a process of rapid evolution in response to radiation
Our work reveals that Chernobyl tree frogs have a much darker colouration than frogs captured in control areas outside the zone.
Germán Orizaola, The Conversation & Pablo Burraco, The Conversation
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When monkeys use the forest as a pharmacy
A study found that golden-rumped tamarins rub against resin-covered trees, probably to fight against yellow fever.
Olivier Kaisin, The Conversation
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Can BJP use Ram as a campaign tool during the election?
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Long before chickens were domesticated for food, they were regarded as exotica
Two new studies are changing our understanding of human-chicken relationships.
Julia Best, The Conversation & Ophélie Lebrasseur, The Conversation
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Why monkeys attack sick members of their troop
A recent study shows the effect of getting a fever on an individual monkey’s social status.
Richard Mcfarland, The Conversation
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Why crocodiles still look the same as they did 200 million years ago
New research shows crocodiles have landed upon an equilibrium state of evolution.
Max Stockdale, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Social distancing is not a new phenomenon. Ants, monkeys and bats have been doing it for ages
Identifying the sick and staying away from them is an evolutionary tool.
Dana Hawley, The Conversation & Julia Buck, The Conversation
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India’s tiger reserves are browning and drying, says a new study
The study shows that giving tiger reserves protected status is not enough.
Vrushal Pendharkar
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Ganga has become so noisy that river dolphins are struggling to talk to each other
Effectively blind, the Gangetic river dolphins see in the shallow murky waters they inhabit with sound.
Shreya Dasgupta
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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The Myristica swamps in the Western Ghats are an untouched biodiversity hotspot
A frog named after Freddy Mercury and a crab that guards seeds are just some of the inhabitants of the region.
Neha Jain
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Mysuru has become the first Indian city to get a comprehensive bird atlas – all thanks to volunteers
Laboriously compiled over three years, the Mysore City Bird Atlas has mapped 192 species.
Arathi Menon
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In Arunachal Pradesh, a researcher captured on camera a frog changing colours within minutes
There is scant information on colour-changing ability of Afro-Asian tree frogs – and hardly any reports from India.
Neha Jain
The Field
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go