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The Ayurveda Experience (TAE), a direct-to-consumer company focused on Ayurvedic beauty and health products, raised $27 million in a funding round led by Singapore-based venture investment firm Jungle Ventures.The round also saw participation from investors like SIDBI Ventures, Anicut Capital and Sharrp Ventures (part of the Mariwala Family Office that runs consumer goods major Marico). Of the $27 million, about $15 million came in primary funding, with the proceeds going to the company, while the rest were towards…

Fans of the 2021 hit Jungle Cruise (which you can watch with a Disney+ subscription) have been looking forward to another pairing between leads Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson ever since. So, when news broke that the stars will finally reunite for the upcoming A24 movie, The Smashing Machine, many people were delighted (despite the fact that Jungle Cruise 2 isn’t bringing them back together…yet). It looks like The Rock is also very excited and eager to reunite with his one-time co-star, because he had a sweet comment for…

Satellite image of Nusantara, Indonesia, captured on April 26, 2022, by the Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9.Satellite image of Nusantara, Indonesia, captured on February 19, 2024, by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8.The future site of Indonesia’s new capital saw rapid change between 2022 and 2024.Since the summer of 2022, the jungles of eastern Borneo have undergone rapid change. Roads have been carved into the landscape and buildings erected near Balikpapan Bay in Eastern Kalimantan, as Indonesia builds a…

Back in 2021, Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt successfully fronted the latest adaptation of a classic Disney theme park ride with Jungle Cruise. After the adventurous film brought the two Hollywood actors together as co-leads, they are reportedly working out details on their next project, but no, it’s still not Disney’s Jungle Cruise 2. Emily Blunt is reportedly currently in discussions to be part of A24’s The Smashing Machine, which is set to have Dwayne Johnson portray MMA and UFC champion Mark Kerr. Per Variety, Blunt…

Jungle Ventures on Tuesday said it invested $20 million in Walko Food, an ice-cream brand and quick-service restaurant company. The investment is in line with a broader trend that the food-linked startup ecosystem is witnessing.The Singapore-based venture capital firm is focussed on companies in the early growth stage in India and Southeast Asia. This is its second investment in Walko Food in less than 12 months.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced…

Preserved heads of two new millipede species, Lophostreptus magombera and Udzungwastreptus marianae. Credit: University of the Sunshine CoastResearchers have uncovered a new genus and five new species of millipedes in remote African jungles – and say the many-legged creatures could hold important clues to whether woody vines are choking or protecting the world’s forests.University of the Sunshine Coast Professor Andy Marshall said they found the millipedes – with heads that look somewhat like Star Wars characters – among…

A peppy but inconsequential globe-trotting sequel to forgettable 2017 French animation The Jungle Bunch, this instalment pits the plucky defenders of the forest against a new foe. Stepping into the bad-guy shoes of Igor the evil koala is a deranged beaver, complete with an army of brainwashed hench-beavers. His aim, which seems ill thought-through given the beavers’ natural affinity for trees, is the complete deforestation of the jungle.It’s basic stuff, stronger on action set pieces than it is on humour, which veers…

Who knows; maybe there has been a clamour out there for a follow up to the 2017 animation The Jungle Bunch? I have to confess I couldn’t remember if I’d seen it when I sat down in front of this sequel: then a penguin waddled on to the screen painted with tiger stripes, and the memories clawed their way back in. The original was a relentlessly wacky nonsensical adventure about a gang of animal chums saving their forest from a pyromaniacal koala. The kind of targeted-at-under-fives mayhem that Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda…

The lush, volcanic hills of Sulawesi in Indonesia are home to several species of fanged frogs with unusual reproductive habits, including Limnonectes larvaepartus – the only species of frog in the world known to give birth to live tadpoles.Now, this tropical island has revealed another one of its secrets: the world's smallest frog with fangs.Related to the other fanged frog species, the newly found Limnonectes phyllofolia is a traditional amphibian egg layer.The new species of fanged frog, Limnonectes phyllofolia. (Sean…

Image: Dan Mora/DC ComicsDC Comics sure likes releasing goofy alternate takes on the Justice League. Last year, they were mech pilots, and not long before that, they were anthropomorphic dinosaurs. Next up on the gimmick list? Why apes, of course!La Borinqueña’s Collab With DC Comics on Hurricane Relief | io9 InterviewEarlier in the week, the publisher announced Jungle League, which isn’t some spiritual sequel to JLApe: Gorilla Warfare, but an all-ape team consisting of DC’s primate heroes. In this case, our roster…