On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral ...

It is of vital importance to, on occasion, consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given ...

Effective and noninvasive whale and biodiversity monitoring is now possible with the help of citizen scientists, opening up new opportunities for marine conservation. Water samples collected during ...

Whales travel through the ocean, lunging, leaping, and playing, with grace and swiftness that belie their huge size. The ...

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Like something straight out of a Jurassic Park movie, the golden takin's low, rumbling bellow can send shivers up your spine.

It also moves food through the digestive system. “It can function completely independent of the brain, if it needed to,” Kashyap says. “If I were to just cut out your entire intestine and ...

Whale vomit worth Rs 1.58 crore seized, ... is a wax-like product produced in the digestive tract of sperm whales and is believed to have a high medicinal value and is a sought-after ingredient in ...