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How did early humans successfully colonise beyond Africa? Their spread in various African climes gave them a unique 'ecological flexibility', says research

New Delhi, June 25 -- For years, scientists have pondered the reasons behind humanity's successful spillover from Africa to Eurasia and beyond. Various hypotheses have been suggested, ranging from int... Read More


IBAT Alliance, formed by four largest global conservation organisations, doubled its investment in biodiversity data from 2023 to 2024

New Delhi, June 24 -- The IBAT Alliance, a collaboration between four of the world's largest and most influential conservation organisations announced on June 23, 2025, that its 2024 investment in bio... Read More


Crossing continents: Oxford study reveals how pre-Columbian dogs moved slowly across the Americas, alongside farming societies

New Delhi, June 20 -- Prior to the arrival of Europeans, native dogs slowly spread southward across the Americas alongside early farming societies, mirroring the rhythms of human migration, agricultur... Read More


Ayahuasca: US tourist's death in Peru highlights how Amazonia's sacred hallucinogenic ceremony continues to be the poster child of indigenous knowledge's misappropriation

New Delhi, June 19 -- The death of a United States (US) tourist in Peru earlier this month again brought issues of traditional knowledge's misappropriation, lack of regulation as well as Access and Be... Read More


World Crocodile Day 2025: How a saurian became the island of Timor

New Delhi, June 17 -- An organism that hunted the dinosaurs, the crocodile (and its cousins like the alligator, caiman and gharial) has changed little in design from that time. It is this body design ... Read More


In Delhi, the air is clean, and temperatures are comfortable for just 259 hours in a year: Study

New Delhi, June 17 -- Air pollution and urban heat cancel out 88 per cent of Delhi's 'thermally comfortable hours' in a year, according to a new study conducted by CEPT University, Ahmedabad and Respi... Read More


Brace for a hotter and wetter monsoon across South Asia and Tibet this year: ICIMOD

New Delhi, June 12 -- The whole Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region will experience temperatures up to 2 degrees C hotter than average in addition to above-average rainfall this summer monsoon, warned a... Read More


AviList: First-ever unified global checklist of bird species is now live

New Delhi, June 12 -- AviList, the first-ever unified global checklist of bird species, became live on June 12, 2025, after four years of work by the Working Group on Avian Checklists. The new checkl... Read More


The rail route to Kashmir is only the latest to ensure better access to the Valley. Here are some others that have been used in centuries past

New Delhi, June 9 -- On June 6, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Katra-Srinagar Vande Bharat Express and inaugurated an alternative all-weather transportation system between the Kash... Read More


Is Bengaluru, rather than Mumbai, now India's 'Leopard Capital'? Year-long camera trap survey captures 80-85 rosetted big cats

New Delhi, June 5 -- Bengaluru and its immediate surroundings may have surpassed Mumbai as being the Indian metropolitan city with the largest leopard population. A year-long camera-trap survey found ... Read More