Some years ago, Prof. Sunil Bajpai collected some fossils from the Panandhro lignite mine – a dry region in the Gujarat state of India. When…
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7 Interesting Facts about Sea Turtles
Sea turtles are very old organisms. They have lived on Earth more than 220 million years. They managed to survive weather changes which killed the…
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Know your World: Hyacinth Macaw
The Hyacinth Macaw, scientifically known as Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus, is a species of parrot native to central and eastern South America. It is easy to recognise…
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Butterflies – A visual journey
We observe nature all the time. Some of us love animals, some flowers, some trees, some bugs. And some of us love butterflies. Mr. G.Venkataramanan,…
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New island emerges in Japan after volcanic eruption
Report by Prashasti Kulkarni In October, a new island appeared less than a mile away from Iwo Jima (an island in Japan where the American…
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Guests who never left: A book of invasive plant species found in Peninsular India
This reference book is a collaboration between the Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) and the Biodiversity Collaborative. The book is written by R. S. Reshnu Raj,…
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New epiphytic plant species discovered
Report by Swasti Sharma The scientists of the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have discovered a new species of epiphytic plant. Epiphytic plants are the plants that grow…
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Damsel dragonfly: A fossil of a hitherto unknown species discovered
A fossil of a hitherto-unknown species of the Liassophlebia genus, more commonly known as damsel-dragonflies, has been discovered in Bowdens Quarry, Somerset, UK. The fossil…
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Iridophores: The Colour Changing cells of a chameleon
Inputs by Alekhya Chavan For decades, scientists have tried to explain phenomenae like bioluminescence (how do fireflies produce light) and the color-changing of chameleons. Chameleons…
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Brainless box jellyfish has capabilities of advanced associative learning
Report by Prashasti Kulkarni Tripedalia cystophora, or Caribbean box jellyfish, is a species of jellyfish that only has a thousand nerve cells (lesser than usual)…
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