Scientists discover 100 potential new deep-sea species, including mystery creature

Marine researchers on a mission to record life hidden in the world’s oceans have reported they found about 100 potential new species — including one mystery starlike creature. The expedition team focused its investigation on the 500-mile (800-kilometer) long Bounty Trough, a little-explored part of the ocean off the coast of New Zealand, east of… Read More Scientists discover 100 potential new deep-sea species, including mystery creature

12th March 202412th March 2024 Dilip

Mesolithic era art discovered in Telangana

The discovery, made deep within the forest on the hillock known as Sitamma Loddi, has revealed several magnificent rock paintings on the wall of a massive sandstone west-facing rock shelter BY TELANGANA TODAY Hyderabad: A team from Kotha Telangana Charitra Brundham, led by photojournalist Duggempudi Ravinder Reddy and rock art expert Dr. Bandi Muralidhar Reddy, along with… Read More Mesolithic era art discovered in Telangana

24th February 202424th February 2024 Dilip

Documentary: A sheep farm in Norway

When Rakel took over the last farm in her Norwegian village, she was not only taking responsibility for a flock of accident-prone woolly animals, but also a way of life at a crossroads. This was a chance to follow in the footsteps of her much-loved father, and live the way she had always dreamed, alongside… Read More Documentary: A sheep farm in Norway

17th February 2024 Dilip

Rights on paper, struggles on ground

Himalayan pastoralists find they cannot access state welfare schemes, forest rights and even ration cards that they are entitled to. Some like Abdul Rashid Sheikh and Nazir Ahmed Dinda have become RTI activists in an attempt to seek accountability from the state Abdul Rashid Sheikh outside his house in Doodhpathri: ‘To build our kotha , we don’t… Read More Rights on paper, struggles on ground

3rd January 20243rd January 2024 Dilip

The last of their kind: The unique life of Pakistan’s Wakhi shepherdesses

By Farhat Javed / BBC 100 Women For centuries, Pakistan’s Wakhi shepherdesses have trekked to remote mountain pastures to graze their flocks. The income they generated has been pivotal in transforming their community, helping to pay for healthcare, education and the first road out of their valley. As their way of life dies out, BBC… Read More The last of their kind: The unique life of Pakistan’s Wakhi shepherdesses

26th November 202326th November 2023 Dilip

Rare silver fish returns to its ancient spawning grounds – in pictures

The twaite shad was once a common sight in Britain’s waterways. A member of the herring family, the small silvery fish with a single dorsal fin and a forked tail was once so bountiful it was sold as food locally and abroad. But in recent times, it has been harder to spot and today the… Read More Rare silver fish returns to its ancient spawning grounds – in pictures

24th August 2023 Dilip

URGENT APPEAL : Urge Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) to STOP Forest Destruction and Biodiversity Destruction Laws

On behalf of Coalition for Environmental Justice in India and other groups we urgently urge to you to endorse this Appeal (enclosed) to Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) NOT TO ACCORD ASSENT to the controversial Forest Conservation Act (Amendment) Bill 2023 (FCA Bill) and Biological Diversity Act (Amendment) Bill 2023 (BDA Bill). The FCA Bill dilutes existing Forest… Read More URGENT APPEAL : Urge Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) to STOP Forest Destruction and Biodiversity Destruction Laws

31st July 2023 Dilip

The human-chimp bond captured in an iconic photo

By Anna Turns On 14 July 1960, 26-year-old Jane Goodall arrived by boat to the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania. Here, in what is now Gombe Stream National Park, her ground-breaking scientific research into chimpanzee behaviour began. The photo of Jane Goodall with infant chimp Flint (Credit: Hugo van Lawick) Previously a secretarial student without… Read More The human-chimp bond captured in an iconic photo

3rd July 2023 Dilip

Deepest ever fish caught on camera off Japan

By Jonathan Amos Scientists have filmed a fish swimming at an extraordinary depth in the ocean, making it the deepest observation of this nature that has ever been made. The species – a type of snailfish of the genus Pseudoliparis – was filmed swimming at 8,336m (27,349ft). It was filmed by an autonomous “lander” dropped into the… Read More Deepest ever fish caught on camera off Japan

2nd April 2023 Dilip

South Georgia: The lost whaling station at the end of the world

First posted June 10, 2014 “When we killed the sea whales,” Roddy Morrison, from Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, remembers, “they used to make a noise, like a crying noise. They seemed so friendly, and they’d come round and they’d make a noise, and when you hit them, they cried really… It is difficult to recover… Read More South Georgia: The lost whaling station at the end of the world

24th March 202324th March 2023 Dilip

After the truth-shower

Philosophy, history, literature, current affairs, and other stuff. Posted by Dilip Simeon

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