King ratsnake is known for hunting and eating deadly venomous snakes (Inaturalist photos) A nonvenomous snake that regularly hunts and eats some of the world’s most dangerous venomous snakes has given scientists a new mystery to solve. Researchers have now mapped the genome of the king ratsnake to understand how it survives the venom of…
Two hundred years ago, you wouldn’t have been able to find them outside of South America. But since then, Nutria, one of the world’s largest rodents, has taken over US. These rodents were initially brought to North America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, primarily for fur farming, since their soft underfur was…
Donald Trump administration releases new asylum rules. The Donald Trump administration released a new asylum rule that will come into effect immediately and it will reduce the backlog in the asylum system. The department said that according to the existing procedure, both USCIS and the DOJ immigration judges adjudicate applications for asylum. While USCIS handles…
Image Credit: By Morhaf Kamal Aljanee For decades, pop-culture like Hollywood blockbusters and classical history books, has painted a harsh picture of the Great Pyramid’s construction. We often imagine thousands of slaves, oppressed by cruel supervisors, pulling massive stones in the cruel heat to build eternal monuments for their kings. However, modern archaeology has challenged…
Devaunte Thompson, left and Gurvinder Nath, right A second man has been held in connection with the 2023 killing of an Indian-origin food delivery driver who was attacked during a carjacking in Mississauga, Canada.According to Peel Regional Police, Devaunte Thompson, 26, of Caledon, was arrested in Toronto on 16 July and charged with second-degree murder….
Scientists have identified the earliest known evidence of spider fangs in a 518 million-year-old fossil recovered from southern China, tracing the origin of one of the animal kingdom’s most feared biological tools back to a small marine creature that lived long before spiders existed. The fossil belongs to a species called Urokodia aequalis, examined by…
In 1976, ornithologist George Archibald began an unusual daily ritual, dancing beside a whooping crane named Tex in an attempt to save one of the rarest birds on the planet. Tex had been raised in captivity and had imprinted on humans rather than other cranes, meaning she showed no interest in mating with her own…
A researcher following scuba divers for this project Most scuba divers believe they rarely touch fragile seabed ecosystems, yet underwater observers tracking hundreds of tourists found that more than 40 per cent of their physical contacts caused visible damage to living coral structures.Research published in The Conversation by marine scientists and dive professionals revealed that…
Thousands march to Muzaffarabad after failed talks; polls delayed in two districts Protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) intensified on Monday as thousands of demonstrators began marching towards Muzaffarabad after negotiations between the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) and the authorities broke down, while election officials postponed legislative assembly polls in two districts amid the unrest.The…
Police taking the first suspect into custody after mass shooting at Seattle food festival. About 14 hours after a mass shooting at a food festival near the Space Needle in Seattle, the police are now looking for the second shooter, confirming that they believe that another person was involved. A chaotic scene erupted around 6…
