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Srewe Xerente, an indigenous man from Brazil, performs a ritual during a forum on ancestral rights at the World Conservation Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii, where native peoples are demanding greater participation in conservation policies. Credit: Emilio Godoy/IPS

Conservation Means Little Without Addressing Indigenous People’s Rights

Emilio Godoy 06/09/2016

At a conference in Honolulu, activists, governments and others...

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Gravitational Waves Will Bring the Extreme Universe into View

Daniel Hoak 06/09/2016

The thousands of signals that should soon be observed...

File photo of Cauvery barrage in Karnataka. Credit: Reuters

SC Directs Karnataka To Release Cauvery Water to Tamil Nadu

Karnataka has been directed to release 15,000 cusecs of...

The Art of Living Foundation paid only Rs. 25 lakhs of the fine the National Green Tribunal imposed on it for damaging the Yamuna floodplain. Credit: PTI

Art of Living’s Remarks on Expert Panel Irresponsible: NGT

AOL termed the expert committer's report that found that...

Empty circles are the nematocysts, or stinging cells, of jellyfish that have been packed together and wrapped tightly into packages of feces in the beginning of the lobster's digestive tract. The membrane, which can be seen extending off to the right side of the image, is a mechanical adaptation to prevent lobsters from being killed by their venomous food. Credit: Kaori Wakabayashi, Hiroshima University

Lobster Young Clingwrap Jellyfish Stingers for Dinner

Janaki Lenin 04/09/2016

While the lobster young seem to successfully ward off...

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A Message From Space or an ‘Alien’ False Alarm?

Mark Gallaway 03/09/2016

There has been much speculation about what the source...

Migratory birds at a restored wetland in Yamuna Biodiversity Park, Delhi. Credit: Neha Sinha

Who is Responsible for Wetlands in India? Many and No One

Pushp Jain 03/09/2016

While several civic bodies are responsible, wetlands have been...