International Cloud Atlas officially recognises wave-like asperitas and 11 more clouds! [VIDEO]

The term "asperitas" stands for "rough-like" in Latin.

Mar 27, 2017

UP meat-sellers' strike: Crackdown on illegal, mechanised abattoirs affects livelihood of over 25 lakh people

The crackdown would also mean a massive loss of revenue for UP as well as starvation for carnivores in the state's zoological gardens.

Mar 27, 2017

This bizarre 'two-headed creature' has stunned the internet! [VIDEO]

This creature goes by the scientific name 'Deilephila elpenor', it is often found in woodlands, city gardens and the countryside.

Mar 27, 2017

Can a river flow uphill? If it's in Antarctica, it looks like it certainly can!

According to a 2015 study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, molecular cohesion and gravity seem to be involved in the process

Mar 27, 2017

Keystone XL Pipeline: Trump approves controversial US-Canada oil pipeline rejected by Obama in 2015

Keystone XL Pipeline will span nearly 1,200 miles across six US states, moving over 800,000 barrels of carbon-heavy petroleum daily from Canadian oil sands through Nebraska to refineries on the Gulf Coast.

Mar 24, 2017

Yellow fever is decimating Brazils monkeys

Yellow fever, a virus carried by mosquitoes and endemic to Africa and South America, has killed thousands of brown howler monkeys since late 2016 in Brazil. Scientists are now ready to census the monkeys that remain at a reserve near the city of Caratinga to see how they can be better protected.

Mar 23, 2017

Global water crisis in numbers

783 million people do not have access to clean and safe water worldwide but what else do we know about one of the worlds biggest crisis?

Mar 21, 2017

Indian Army rescues tourists stuck in blizzard in Arunachal Pradesh; Bulgarian woman falls to death

The Indian army has rescued 127 people including five foreign nationals from a blizzard in Arunachal Pradesh.

Mar 20, 2017

British cruise ship damages Indonesian coral reef

A British cruise ship ran aground and damaged a coral reef near the Raja Ampat island in western Indonesia on 4 March. The 4,290-tonne Caledonian Sky, owned by Noble Caledonia, caused more than 17,000 square feet of damage. The reef is one of the world’s most diverse marine environments.

Mar 15, 2017

Mysterious green ice spotted in Antarctica by NASA's Operational Land Imager!

A similar phenomenon was spotted by researchers off East Antarctica's Princess Astrid coast in 2012.

Mar 15, 2017

Andaman & Nicobar earthquake: Islands hit by 5.9 magnitude quake

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake with epicenter in Nicobar struck the Andaman & Nicobar islands; no causalities or loss of property were reported.

Mar 14, 2017

Kid Rock blasts a China-made grill out of the sky with a shotgun

As a publicity stunt for his line of grills, American Badass Grill, Kid Rock purportedly shoots a foreign-made grill out of the air with a shotgun.

Mar 13, 2017

USS Dahlgren: Americas virtual navy ship

The American Navy has a virtual ship that it uses to conduct training and simulations, the USS Dahlgren.

Mar 13, 2017

EPA chief Scott Pruitt doubts climate change consensus

EPA head Scott Pruitt drew criticism after stating that he didnt believe that carbon dioxide was a primary contributor to climate change.

Mar 13, 2017

Japan commemorates 6th anniversary of Fukushima disaster

Japan has remembered the victims of the Fukushima disaster of six years ago. On 11 March 2011, an earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis. The tsunami killed more than 15,000 people.Bells rang to mark the moment of the disastrous event. Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, Imperial Prince Fumihito and Princess Kiko attended the ceremony.

Mar 11, 2017