The Tasmanian devil is reportedly the most powerful biter alive today. To add to it, its bit e causes facial cancer, which is spreading fast. It is to the extent that scientists now fear the disease getting transferred in tooth-baring combat.
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There is much in common between human and a sea lion, an otter, or a manatee. The health of these ocean animals might be relevant to your own! According to scientists, marine mammals are often indicators of environmental problems such as disease-causing..
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It is a serious bother for farmers with Mormon crickets’ capable of devouring their way across 50 miles (80 kilometers) of farmland, and that too in a single season! Mormon crickets are close relatives of locusts and grasshoppers.
But, why…
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The forthcoming smoking bans in Britain have been criticized by British American Tobacco as it reported a 9% rise in underlying profits. The bans are called by BAT, the world’s second largest tobacco firm after Philip Morris.
The ban will come into…
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It was more than 30 millions years ago; ancient spiders were trapped in amber. Scientists at The University of Manchester and the Manchester Metropolitan University have carried out the first comparative scientific study on it. Fossilized spiders from..
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It is disappointing that deforestation in the Amazon continuing at a rapid pace. But, a recent study provides with some hope. It is that reserves of all types are providing significant Amazon forest protection, but tribal lands may be especially…
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Soft drinks are found to have traces of a carcinogenic chemical. And it is at eight times the level permitted in drinking water, as revealed recently.
Tests have been conducted in Britain and France on 230 drinks on sale. And these have…
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Unlike in the 1970s, the huge number of beluga whales in Cook Inlet no longer delights locals and tourists alike. Last year, the number has dwindled to just 278, as estimated last year. But, what is leading to this disappearance of the whales left the…
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Rainwater in Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD) is higher in mercury contamination than the treated sewage water leaving the district. Like all large Great Lakes wastewater plants, the WLSSD is under federal order to reduce mercury in its…
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The astounding giant has been display at London’s Natural History Museum. It is one of the biggest and most complete giant squids ever found. The animal measures a monstrous 8.62m (28ft). It was caught off the coast of the Falkland Islands by a trawler…
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