Last Updated: Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 14:26
Researchers have claimed that monarch butterflies use a light-dependent, inclination magnetic compass to help them orient southward during migration.
Last Updated: Wednesday, June 25, 2014, 14:12
Researchers have warned that the world`s protected areas are not safeguarding most of the world`s imperilled biodiversity, and clear changes need to be made on how nations undertake future land protection if wildlife is going to be saved.
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 24, 2014, 20:31
A class of pesticides tied to mass bee deaths is also harming butterflies, worms, fish and birds, a new research has warned.
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 24, 2014, 20:20
Swiss scientists say only decades remain for alpinists and hikers to retrieve items covered for hundreds or even thousands of years by ice which is now melting.
Last Updated: Monday, June 23, 2014, 23:08
India`s Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar Monday urged the parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) to expedite the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, a statement said.
Last Updated: Monday, June 23, 2014, 22:40
Astronomers have discovered a bright, mysterious geologic object on Cassini mission radar images of Ligeia Mare, the second-largest sea on Saturn`s moon Titan amd have named it " Magic Island ".
Last Updated: Monday, June 23, 2014, 22:31
A new study has revealed that regional weather extremes, like drought, heat waves and cold spells is linked to air flow.
Last Updated: Monday, June 23, 2014, 20:29
The Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (GHNPCA), located in the Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh in northern India, has been granted the prestigious World Heritage site status by the UNESCO at its ongoing meeting in Doha, Qatar.
Last Updated: Sunday, June 22, 2014, 13:46
Global warming is generally expected to bring spring forward but a connected influx of plant species from warmer southern latitudes could counteract this effect, said a study.
Last Updated: Saturday, June 21, 2014, 23:35
Triceratops are passe. Here comes a new horned dinosaur and its cranial ornamentation is even more flowery than the three-horned dinosaur the world had earlier come to know, reveals a new study.
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