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Dear Reader, Jaipur: Visitors at the Jaipur Literature Festival, in Jaipur, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI02_05_2024_000381B)(PTI) I can’t believe I am in Jaipur. I almost didn’t get here. Experience Delhi’s rich history through a series of heritage walks with HT! Participate Now My mother is ill and I have been spending my weekends flying to Delhi, as part of the take-care-of-Mum roster. Then my daughter offered to go to Delhi in my stead. So here I am on a Thursday evening– at Hotel Clarks Amer in…

Skeleton found in stone-lined grave. Credit: Cardiff University An early medieval cemetery has been discovered within the grounds of Fonmon Castle, near Barry, South Wales. Archaeologists from Cardiff University's School of History, Archaeology and Religion carried out a dig in the summer, with further radiocarbon dating and analysis revealing the…

Tiger sharks are usually solitary creatures, but nothing brings the scavengers together like the delicious scent of a dead whale.These big blubber buffets can draw dozens of sharks all at once, yet such feasts are seldom caught on camera.In late June, a drone flying off the coast of Queensland, Australia captured an exceptional gathering of around 50 tiger sharks tearing into the carcass of a deceased humpback whale.The rare sight is important for shark research and also serves as a warning to local swimmers."Where there…

Lynda Mackey had an unexpected guest show up to her cottage along the shoreline of Lake Huron on Monday. One that she's never seen in her 20 years of owning the place. It was a Black bear, who is on the move between through Huron County, between Bayfield and St. Joseph's, Ont."I received a call from a neighbour saying that there was a bear heading our way, so my husband and I took a quick peek outside and lo and behold, there was the bear on our next door neighbour's front lawn," Mackey told CBC's Afternoon Drive on…

Image via Universal As far as horror blockbusters are concerned, it’s fair to say that Cocaine Bear is relatively timid in that regard and instead falls more under the B-movie umbrella. But despite the gut-busting jokes and memes surrounding the Elizabeth Banks vehicle, it’s become apparent that the majority of Twitter is ecstatic to learn that the creature feature is now available to stream on Peacock — and fans are absolutely eating it up. Interestingly enough, Cocaine Bear has gone and done the complete…

Vultures, hyenas, and Tasmanian devils are highly efficient scavengers, able to locate and consume carrion rapidly, including the meat and bones.When we think of scavengers, these large carnivores are what comes to mind – not brushtail possums.So it came as a surprise when these Australian marsupials turned out to be one of the most common scavengers we caught on camera in our new study published online this month in Wildlife Research.Circle of lifeNo vertebrate Australian animals survive exclusively by scavenging – for…

For eons, plants and insects have lived in a delicate dance, of pollinators giving life to flowering plants and plants feeding the insect masses. But a new study suggests that insects are feasting on plants more so now than in the past 66.8 million years."The difference in insect damage between the modern era and the fossilized record is striking," says University of Maine paleoecologist Lauren Azevedo-Schmidt who led the study.To look at plant-insect interactions over time, Azevedo-Schmidt and colleagues compared the…

Shiba Inu investors are active in picking up the BONE token to celebrate the success of the meme coin There is a piece of good news for SHIB investors amidst this crypto-crash ecosystem in the highly volatile cryptocurrency market. The governance token of Shiba Inu (SHIB) known as BONE has reached a new milestone. The number of SHIB investors has reached almost the 50,000 mark. SHIB investors are celebrating two record-breaking milestones such as BONE reaching 50k supporters as well as SHIB token crossing 1.2…

Microscopic egg of capillariid worm from Durrington Walls. Black scale bar represents 20 micrometres. Credit: Evilena Anastasiou/University of Cambridge A new analysis of ancient faeces found at the site of a prehistoric village near Stonehenge has uncovered evidence of the eggs of parasitic worms, suggesting the inhabitants feasted on the internal organs of cattle and fed leftovers to their dogs.…