Hyderabad: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and other ministers urged all eligible individuals to apply for ration cards and Indiramma houses, even as the gram sabhas to identify ...

CNN reporters and hosts said Monday that President Biden's decision to pardon his family members in the waning minutes of his administration tarnished his reputation and was "a stain on his legacy." ...

Australia has one of the world's highest rates of extinctions with about 100 species of flora and fauna lost since European colonisation. There were 42 new additions to the national list of ...

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A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...

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Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday ...

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Scientists in Australia say a group of “unusually large” funnel-web spiders is actually a new species in its own right. Researchers say they used anatomical and DNA comparisons to study ...

A larger and more venomous species of one of the world's deadliest spiders has been confirmed by Australian scientists. Nicknamed 'big boy', it can grow up to 9cm (3.54 inches) compared with 5cm ...