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Scientists are trying to develop IVF techniques that might keep their species alive. (Photo: Twitter/ DanielSchneider)

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Photo of only male white rhino goes viral

The picture got over 40 thousand likes and 40 thousand retweets on Twitter.

9 Nov 2017 6:11 PM IST

The precious metal platinum is already used in more than 50 per cent of cancer chemotherapies. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Metal carried by dinosaur-killing asteroid could kill cancer cells,...

The precious metal platinum is already used in more than 50 per cent of cancer chemotherapies.

6 Nov 2017 4:20 PM IST

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago released climate-altering sulphur, cooling the Earth far more than thought. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Dinosaur-killing asteroid cooled Earth more than thought

The research makes a more refined estimate of how much sulphur and carbon dioxide gas were ejected into Earths...

1 Nov 2017 5:35 PM IST

Researchers are saying that more men may become infertile (Photo: AFP)

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Human race may face extinction as sperm quality continues to fall in...

Changes in testosterone levels as well as rise in testicular cancer are also to be blamed for this development.

8 Oct 2018 7:01 PM IST

The flooding was a result of global warming, which has led to extraordinary temperatures in the Arctic.

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Global warming will put millions more at flood risk in next two...

Researchers say fluvial floods are among the most common and devastating natural disasters nowadays.

13 Jan 2018 12:51 PM IST

A list prepared by UNESCO has also mentioned about the 42 languages or dialects in India which are endangered (Photo: AFP)

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Officials say more than 40 languages in India may face extinction

There are around 42 languages which are spoken by less than 10,000 people.

18 Feb 2018 8:18 PM IST

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and other institutions said the original population of the gentle ginger-haired great apes is larger than previously estimated but so is the rate of decline. (Photo:AP)

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Orangutan population plunging at alarming rate in Indonesia

Finding is in line with International Union for Conservation of Nature's 2016 designation of Borneo's orangutans as...

16 Feb 2018 10:54 AM IST

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Australia's mammal extinction rate could worsen: Scientists

10 Australian birds and seven mammals whose extinctions could mostly be prevented

24 April 2018 4:59 PM IST

The image provided by Simon Pierce, Jonathan Green checks on a fin-mounted satellite tag on a whale shark in the Galapagos Islands area of Ecuador. Despite typically being bigger than a double-decker bus, the elusive whale shark has only tiny, almost useless teeth. Its also one of the least understood animals in the ocean. (simonjpierce.com via AP)

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Study finds world's marine wilderness rapidly dwindling

Researchers say most of remaining marine wilderness is unprotected, leaving it vulnerable to being lost.

28 July 2018 11:00 AM IST

Plant biologists are rushing to create a hybrid of the two species of banana in the hope of creating a infection-resistant strain. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Beware: Bananas are on the brink of extinction

As devastating tropical disease spreads across crops worldwide, researchers warn that the popular fruit could soon go...

6 July 2018 5:50 PM IST

Experts estimate that flying insects across Europe have declined 80 per cent on average. (Photo: AFP)

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Insects: the key foundation of ecosystems in rapid decline

World witnessing a rampant, 'catastrophic collapse' of insects: Study.

12 Feb 2019 2:09 PM IST

$The fate of devils on mainland Australia, where they were wiped out by dingoes, or the extinction of the islands Thylacine or \Tasmanian tiger\ offers a cautionary warning. (Photo: AFP)$ Life

Contagious cancer threatens Tasmanian devils

Tasmanian devils prove quick adaptors in bid for survival.

29 March 2019 12:29 PM IST