Horseshoe cloud appears over Nevada: Twitter divided over its shape and origin

The horseshoe cloud is formed from a horizontal vortex, but Twitter was quick to believe there is some alien involvement in Nevada, US.

Mar 11, 2018

Tiger that killed woman rehabilitated, officials to track it with satellite collar

The tiger was released in the jungles of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh after it was captured March 5.

Mar 10, 2018

Warming oceans predicted to trigger steep decline in fisheries output

US researchers say the world's fisheries will be 20 percent less productive on average by the year 2300 if human-induced climate change is not addressed.

Mar 9, 2018

Hawaiian spider species evolved numerous times over 3 million years

Around 3 million years ago, the parasitic spiders from across the Pacific Ocean set sail on the backs of other spiders, reached Hawaii and evolved many times.

Mar 12, 2018

Family forced to eat snow after Storm Emma left them with no food and water

The Irish family, in a desperate step to survive, boiled snow to quench their thirst but the snow water gave the youngest child stomach ache.

Mar 8, 2018

One of Earth's most abundant minerals found trapped inside a diamond for the first time

The mineral trapped in the diamond explains the recycling of ocean crust into the lower mantle of the Earth.

Mar 8, 2018

Snowstorm exposes 7,000-year-old secret forest where trees have turned into stones

The Petrified Forest in Redcar is believed to have existed from late Mesolithic period and was covered with a variety of trees.

Mar 8, 2018

Women's Day 2018: Apple shares first insight on their pro-women measures in India

Apple India has collaborated with St John's National Academy of Health Sciences to impart health education, early cancer detection for women in Bengaluru.

Mar 8, 2018

Oldest known reptile that could detach its tail to fool predators lived 289 million years ago

The small reptile, called Captorhinus, weighed less than two kilograms, and was abundant in terrestrial communities during the Early Permian period.

Mar 7, 2018

Spider-like cooperative behavior documented among fish for the first time

Neolamprologus obscurus, a tiny striped fish found in Lake Tanganyika in Zambia, was found to work together to make shelter for members of its group.

Mar 7, 2018

Diver captures underwater landscape filled with plastic, says 'The ocean currents brought us in a lovely gift!' [Video]

Rich Horner, the diver, found the sea filled with plastic baskets, bags, straws, bottles and cups while swimming in Manta Point in Bali, Indonesia.

Mar 7, 2018

Genetically modified tobacco crop consumes 25% less water

Scientists say the method could lead to more water efficient farming methods in a future where there is greater climate instability.

Mar 7, 2018

Fires in South Africa found to have a surprising cooling effect on the atmosphere

Smoke aerosols in clouds reflect more solar radiation back into space, which results in less solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface, says a new study.

Mar 7, 2018

Northern Arctic permafrost no longer shielded from global warming, may unleash carbon within decades

If the thawing continues, total carbon emission from the Northern Arctic permafrost by 2300 could be 10 times more than all fossil fuel emissions in 2016.

Mar 6, 2018

Watch: Cheetah hugs and licks man in a heart-warming reunion

Dolph C Volker said that his friendship with Gabriel the Cheetah has fulfilled his very old dream of befriending a wild predator.

Mar 5, 2018