"If the bee disappeared off the face of the Earth, man would only have four years left to live" - Albert EinsteinEinstein was right! Bee crisis has put the UN’s index of food prices hit high all the time. The collapse in the population of honey bee threatens our global food security. Bees are one ...
A famous evolutionist, Charles Darwin quoted "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change" The sight of charming tiny gregarious birds basking in the hot sun chipping nonchalantly unmindful about the pr...
We all know that CO2 is one of the major greenhouse gases which warm the earth’s surface creating a greenhouse effect. It is estimated that over 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide are being produced by human activity each year. Now, where does all these carbon go? Well, the first thing that strikes...
Wetlands are the piece of land covered with water either by fresh water or salt water. Except Antarctica, the wetlands exists in many parts the world. There are four types of inland fresh water wetlands like swamp, marshes, bogs, fen and ponds. The delta at the mouth of the river, estuaries and the ...
A 12th Chinese proverb evident to foot binding says 'if you care for your children, do not worry if your son suffers for his studies or your daughter for her feet' Foot binding was one of the unique, ancient practices amongst the upper class women in China. It started as a fashionable impulse durin...
Comprehending the disadvantages of extensive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides a good number of farmers have switched to the natural farming techniques. One of them is vermicompositing. Vermicompost is the organic substance obtained from decomposing organic food waste by worms. This method ...
We have known elephants to be a giant and aggressive animal. Pygmy elephants or Borneo elephants are the smallest of the elephant sub species of their close relative Asian elephants, which is believed to have been separated some million years ago and in the evolution process they became smaller. The...