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In East Africa, Kenya-Tanzania illegal trade resulted in the loss of 70,000 hectares of forests and $10 million in foregone taxes.

While the IWST campus, Jarakabande forest area, Hessarghatta Tank, and Nandi Hills have firefly populations of more than 100 individuals each, H-Cross and Sambhram College campus recorded less than 10 individuals.

Political leadership offers no vision or clarity on matters related to environment, according to activists  

Apr 08, 2021 08:55 PM EDT An international team of scientists has studied individual differences in red deer behavior. They discovered that most behaviors observed form a component of personality, which they labeled Confidence/Aggressiveness. (Photo : Getty Images) Consistent Differences in Behavior  As is commonly known, individual people act consistently different from one another and these types of consistent differences in behavior are known as personality. Studies on species apart from hu...

Credit: University of Turku An international team of researchers has studied individual differences in the behaviour of red deer. They found that several observed behaviours form a personality component, which they labelled "Confidence/Aggressiveness". As is commonly known, individual people behave consistently different from each other and these kinds of consistent differences in behaviour are called personality. Studies on species other than humans, from insects to elephants, have found that ...

“Mr. Beaver, I live in a home that is over 100 years old and has beautiful wood beams, paneling, floors, built-in bookshelves, counter tops, a dining table - beautiful, old wood everywhere. “I hired a company that claimed to be wood cleaning experts and whatever they used seems to have ruined much of the wood in one room. It is streaked, has bubbles, and looks horrible. I stopped them from doing anything further. I am really angry! “You are called the Anne Landers/Dear Abby of th...