Latest postings by mohan Alembath
It was Pere Jean
Pierre Armand David, a French Catholic missionary, who introduced Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca ) to the ...more>>
The mysteries of nature are
always a source of wonder. Think of cleansing your home. You thought only
humans do it? Wrong. Sci ...more>>
Ms Engels extracted pure tannins from the mango kernels and found that they have proven inhibitory effects against various strains of ...more>>
Till now,
biology lacked a standardized notation for describing biological interactions.
This was a big drawback in pursuing ...more>>
Leading canine researcher Dr Stanley
Coren of the University of British Columbia has come up with some new
surprising information about do ...more>>
Hornets
are a nuisance. They raid beehives and ravages fruit crops. This makes them a
serious pest to man. Thanks to new research, ...more>>
IUCN considers that the Danger List of World Heritage Sites needs radical change if it is to remain an effective conservation tool. Many nat ...more>>
Overfishing and bycatch of Open Ocean (pelagic) Sharks and Rays is driving them to the brink of extinction. A recent study by the Internatio ...more>>
Whisky and wildlife Conservation
Whisky and wildlife
conservation sounds a wee bit awry. But Scotland’s Famous Grouse Whisky a ...more>>
Inuits of Canada have the uncanny ability to
identify a Polar Bear's sex, age and size from its foot prints in the snow.
Hunte ...more>>
One conundrum in the midst of all these evidences was that early human and ape fossils are largely found in Africa, whereas modern ora ...more>>
We still have not fully understood the intricacies
of working of nature. We fiddle with it sometimes with good intentions but e ...more>>
A
guilty looking dog slouching around the house is a common thing observed by dog
owners. Owners are quick to jump to conclusi ...more>>
A bird that outpaces a
Jet sounds unbelievable and has the feel of a leaf out of science fiction. But it is true. During courtshi ...more>>
All of us have at some time or other wondered
why some animals are easy to tame while others are difficult if not impossible
...more>>
