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One Killed in a ‘Sudden’ Volcano Eruption in New Zealand

Praveen Menon 09/12/2019

It left 20 injured and several others missing.

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Extinction Rebellion Announces Arrival In Berlin, Sets Up Camp Outside Merkel’s Office

Organisers promised a display of civil disobedience "five times...

The unique tuatara. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Not a Lizard nor a Dinosaur, Tuatara Is the Sole Survivor of a Once-Widespread Reptile Group

Marc Emyr Huw Jones 14/05/2017

A national icon in New Zealand, tuatara are the...

Kea at play. Credit: Raoul Schwing

Scientists Find the Play-Calls of a New Zealand Parrot Species Are ‘Infectious’

Janaki Lenin 03/04/2017

With no visual facial expressions to signal their intentions,...

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Why the Court Ruling to Humanise the Ganga and Yamuna Rivers Rings Hollow

Radha Gopalan 27/03/2017

None of the people charged with securing the rights...

A keeper gives peanut to an orangutan inside a cage shortly after it arrived from Thailand at Halim Perdanakusuma airport in Jakarta

Trading in Extinction: Is Pet Trade Killing off Animal Species?

Alice Catherine Hughes 10/02/2017

Entire populations of 'pets' are being collected using academic...

The supermoon of March 19, 2011 (right), and an average moon of December 20, 2010 (left). Credit: Marco Langbroek/Wikimedia Commons

Tonight’s Supermoon Will Be the Biggest in 68 Years – a Watcher’s Guide

Sandhya Ramesh 14/11/2016

The latter half of this year has had a...