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Across the Himalaya, from Ladakh to Bhutan and beyond into the Tibetan Plateau, inhabitants have various names for the enigmatic beast. 'Yeti' itself is a Sherpa word meaning 'man of the rock'.Credit: Mohan K. Duwal/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Searching for the Abominable: Is It a Man? Is It an Ape? It’s a… Bear?

Janaki Lenin 20/02/2018

According to a new study, the 'Abominable Snowman' is...

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Meet the New ‘Renewable Superpowers’: Nations That Boss the Materials Used for Wind and Solar

Andrew Barron 19/02/2018

The fossil fuel era won't last forever. And a...

An AMazon molly (right) caught in action while seducing a male sailfin molly to steal sperm. Caption and credit: Manfred Schartl

How Did an All-Female Species Survive Sans Sexual Reproduction for Millennia?

Rashmi Bhat 19/02/2018

By all means, the Amazon molly should have gone...

A colour plate illustration from Ernst Haeckel's 'Kunstformen der Natur' (1899), showing a variety of hummingbirds. Full image available here. Caption and credit: Wikimedia Commons

New Study on Hummingbird Flight Reveals Surprising Twists

Lakshmi Supriya 19/02/2018

“All else being equal, a heavier hummingbird should be...

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How a Tiny Insect Was Used to Trace the Origins of Human Clothing

Anirban Mitra 18/02/2018

Important clue: The head louse is a bloodsucking insect...

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The Jungle in Our Living Rooms

Adityavikram and Arefa Tehsin 18/02/2018

Nature programming on TV feeds a utopian delusion that...

FILE PHOTO: An orangutan hold its baby at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Center in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island

Borneo Records Startling Decline in Orangutan Population

Will Dunham 16/02/2018

Hunting, habitation destruction by industries and deforestation have led...