Environment

India's plan to go all-electric with cars by 2030 'not viable,' impedes better technology: Mercedes India chief

Mercedes-Benz Managing Director and Chief Executive Roland Folger has said India's plan for all-electric cars by 2030 may be too short-sighted.

Dec 24, 2017

Snakes in grave danger as fast-spreading deadly fungal disease threatens species worldwide

A fast-spreading deadly fungal disease may be infecting snakes across the globe.

Dec 23, 2017

Earliest relative of spiders and crabs identified: A 508-million-year-old sea predator with a 'jackknife' head

The creature, called Habelia optata, is thought to have been an active predator, eating small animals with hard carapaces.

Dec 21, 2017

Strange glowing blue halo around Antarctic iceberg captured in incredible NASA image

A remarkable NASA image has revealed "the bluest of ice" with a strange glowing halo surrounding it.

Dec 21, 2017

WATCH: Heartbreaking photo of a little girl drinking from a roadside puddle has shocked people worldwide

The picture, which has shocked people across the globe, shows a girl about three to four years old hailing from the indigenous Mbya Guarani community in Argentina.

Dec 20, 2017

What causes strange extended seasons in the world of Game of Thrones? Scientists may have an answer

Scientists have simulated the climate of Game of Thrones to find the reason behind the strange extended seasons.

Dec 20, 2017

This Mexican fish's mating call is so loud that it can deafen sea lions and dolphins

Researchers claim this Mexican species of fish utters a mating call which resembles like a "really loud machine gun going off below the waterline."

Dec 20, 2017

Scientists may have discovered the earliest direct evidence of life on Earth

Oldest fossils ever found on Earth suggest life likely began on the planet over 3.5 billion years ago.

Dec 19, 2017

Mysterious corpse resembling dinosaur found in India, flesh still attached to its bones!

Dr Parag Madhukar Dhakate, a Conservator with the Indian Forest Service, believes that the creature will continue to be a baffling mystery – an enigma of sorts, until the scientific analysis has been completed to reveal its species.

Dec 17, 2017

Tired of usual New Year's Eve party scenes? Here are 7 places you can get away to instead!

Bring in the New Year 2018 at this unusual places for your quiet getaway from the typical party scenes.

Dec 17, 2017

Anesthetic drugs can make plants faint the same way they mysteriously knock us out

Researchers have found that anesthetics can temporarily cause plants to go still and unresponsive like humans and animals.

Dec 13, 2017

Illuminating plants may replace electricity soon as researchers transform trees into light source

Researchers at MIT have come up with a method to transform trees into light source through plant nanobionics.

Dec 13, 2017

Jurassic Park to turn into reality? Study finds ticks in amber that fed on DINOSAUR BLOOD!

In latest discoveries, scientists have found dinosaur's bloodsucking ticks inside a piece of amber which is supposedly a hundred million years old.

Dec 13, 2017

Here's how humans pose a jumbo problem for captive elephants

Elephants face a harrowing time in captivity, leading us to the question: Should their presence in temples be done away with?

Dec 12, 2017

Scientists may one day clone the Tasmanian tiger and bring it back from the dead

The DNA sequencing of the Tasmanian tiger was done based on a 106-year-old genome of a pup preserved in a jar.

Dec 12, 2017