Restoring grazing by native large herbivores such as bison can produce sustained increases in native plant diversity In 1987, 30 bison from the Fort Riley Military Reservation were brought to Konza Prairie in Kansas. Nearly three decades later, researchers found that native plant species richness had increased by 103% at the local scale and by…
The trees that dominate one forest can be very different from those found just a few kilometres away. A study has mapped this variation across the country by examining 364 forest plots and nearly 59,000 trees representing 1,333 species. Researchers identified 495 dominant tree species that helped separate the forests into 10 distinct groups. Seven…
Did you know Divyenndu was first choice for Bablu Pandit before becoming Munna Bhaiya in ‘Mirzapur’? ‘Main itna pareshaan tha’ Divyenndu, who won massive popularity for portraying the ruthless and pampered Munna Tripathi in the ‘Mirzapur’ series and in ‘Mirzapur: The Movie’, once revealed that he was originally in line to play a completely different…
A fossil found in southern Brazil is giving researchers a closer look at the reptiles that lived near the beginning of the archosaur lineage, the group that would eventually include dinosaurs and crocodile-line animals. The animal has been named ‘Silescelida acristata’ and is identified as an early-diverging eucrocopodan archosauriform from the Middle Triassic. A recent…
Singapore has turned part of a reservoir into a giant renewable-energy installation, covering about one-third of Tengeh Reservoir with more than 122,000 floating solar panels spread across 10 floating islands. The 45-hectare Sembcorp Tengeh Floating Solar Farm has a capacity of 60 MWp and generates electricity used to support five local water-treatment plants. The project…
Karthi starrer ‘Sardar 2’ is gearing up for its release, and the film’s director PS Mithran has been busy with promotions while also addressing several questions about his upcoming projects. The filmmaker has now opened up about stories he discussed with leading stars in the past, including Rajinikanth and Suriya. He also clarified the buzz…
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Image Credit: Ron Van Oers/Wikipedia Communities living beside Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park have planted 4,053 agroforestry trees across 40 hectares of land, beginning the restoration of a damaged buffer zone around one of Africa’s most important rainforest landscapes. The work aims to improve habitat, support local livelihoods and reduce pressure on…
Who is Amin Jaz? Meet the DJ linked to Apoorva Mukhija aka The Rebel Kid Content creator Apoorva Mukhija, popularly known as ‘The Rebel Kid’, is once again in the spotlight, this time over speculation that she is romantically involved with DJ and podcaster Amin Jaz. Though neither of them has addressed the buzz directly,…
While fans still have to get a glimpse of Sunny Deol as Hanuman in Nitesh Tiwari‘s ‘Ramayana‘, buzz about his big-screen entry has social media buzzing with a new video going viral.As per the latest buzz, the actor is set to feature in an elaborate fire sequence depicting one of the most iconic episodes from…
Pakistan warns Houthis that its defence alliance with Saudi Arabia and Turkey Pakistan warned Tuesday that its newly formed defence alliance with Saudi Arabia and Turkiye could be activated if the conflict in Yemen spills into Saudi territory, saying there should be “no ambiguity” that an attack on any one of the three members would…