Two hundred years ago, you wouldn’t have been able to find them outside of South America. But since then, Nutria, one of the world’s largest rodents, has taken over US. These rodents were initially brought to North America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, primarily for fur farming, since their soft underfur was…
For decades, Florida’s Everglades have faced a silent invasion unfolding beneath the dense vegetation and winding waterways. What began with the arrival of Burmese pythons through the exotic pet trade has become one of the most significant wildlife challenges in the United States. The turning point came around 1992, when Hurricane Andrew damaged facilities in…
Image Credit: By Morhaf Kamal Aljanee For decades, pop-culture like Hollywood blockbusters and classical history books, has painted a harsh picture of the Great Pyramid’s construction. We often imagine thousands of slaves, oppressed by cruel supervisors, pulling massive stones in the cruel heat to build eternal monuments for their kings. However, modern archaeology has challenged…
Terrorists killed 31 people and burned homes in Naridon, part of the Kamaru village cluster, Kaduna State, Nigeria in the early hours of Monday. Residents said was the first attack of its kind on the community and also accused the army of refusing to respond, according to reporting by the Foundation for Investigative Journalism.Residents told…
A researcher following scuba divers for this project Most scuba divers believe they rarely touch fragile seabed ecosystems, yet underwater observers tracking hundreds of tourists found that more than 40 per cent of their physical contacts caused visible damage to living coral structures.Research published in The Conversation by marine scientists and dive professionals revealed that…
Thousands march to Muzaffarabad after failed talks; polls delayed in two districts Protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) intensified on Monday as thousands of demonstrators began marching towards Muzaffarabad after negotiations between the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) and the authorities broke down, while election officials postponed legislative assembly polls in two districts amid the unrest.The…
Police taking the first suspect into custody after mass shooting at Seattle food festival. About 14 hours after a mass shooting at a food festival near the Space Needle in Seattle, the police are now looking for the second shooter, confirming that they believe that another person was involved. A chaotic scene erupted around 6…
Scientists have identified the earliest known evidence of spider fangs in a 518 million-year-old fossil recovered from southern China, tracing the origin of one of the animal kingdom’s most feared biological tools back to a small marine creature that lived long before spiders existed. The fossil belongs to a species called Urokodia aequalis, examined by…
Two centuries ago, a British geologist gave the world its first named dinosaur. Megalosaurus, described from a handful of fossilised bones, marked the birth of an entire scientific field. Back then, researchers worked with little more than fragments, guesswork and imagination to picture prehistoric life. Fast forward 200 years, and palaeontology looks unrecognisable. Scientists no…
Rescued rhinos defy the odds, give birth after returning to the wild Six rhinos left for dead by poachers in South Africa when they were just young calves have all given birth naturally in the wild, marking a big win for wildlife recovery efforts in KwaZulu-Natal.Poachers killed their mothers around 2017, leaving the young rhinos…