Great White Sharks Heading for Extinction
If you want a beach crowded with surfers and swimmers and other sun worshippers to empty out within a minute, cup your hands by …
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Planet Earth for Kids
Be a science sleuth and track our planet earth
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Antlers: A Deer Story
Trees shed leaves in autumn and snakes shed their skin once a year. In the same way, deer shed their antlers every year. Yes, …
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Save rivers, lakes from worshippers
Before every Ganesh Chaturthi, people from across India, especially Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Orissa, get busy …
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The Whale Hunt is On
Japan has sent out a fleet of ships on a two-month mission. Officials say that the expedition has a harmless aim: it is merely a …
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The Earthworm's Good Turn
Every day, countless dustbins are emptied in dumping grounds. A lot of this garbage ends up polluting the ground water and also …
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Excerpts From 'The world of trees'
This is a remarkable book on trees – trees which are not just ‘described’ to you in words as having branches, leaves and …
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Jellyfish: Fragile Creature of the Sea
A sudden influx of jellyfish, in the Gulf of Mexico in the Atlantic Ocean is worrying both scientists and fisher folk alike. The …
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Storm Petrel: A Bird that Walks on Water
You must have heard of St. Peter, the saint, who is said to have walked on water. Well, there is a bird which is named after the …
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Dropping Trees from the Sky – Hydroseeding
Finally there is a simple solution to the growing problems of deforestation and the greenhouse effect – dropping millions of trees …
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Insect which Swims on Its Back
Swimmers, who are in a lazy mood and want to relax, prefer floating on their backs. Did you know that there is a bug that swims on …
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The Cool Firefly
Firefly is just a name. They are actually very cool insects. And they are not even flies, they are beetles. They have a way of …
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Killing a Tree Softly
How does a tree die? When it is cut down with an axe. But, sometimes, we may end up hurting or killing a tree without meaning to. …
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