Disappearance of elephants behind rise of modern man in Middle East
The disappearance of elephants 400,000 years ago led to the appearance of modern humans in the Middle East, according to researchers
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Bigger, scarier weapons help jumping spiders woo girls
Red-headed guys with bulging eyes and a unibrow have a greater chance of winning the girl – such is the case at least for jumping spiders
Urban birds sing louder to compete with city noise
Birds living in cities sing at a higher pitch to reduce the impact of echoes from surrounding buildings, a new study has claimed
‘Hungry’ polar bears turn to ‘cannibalism’ for survival
Increasing number of polar bears, which otherwise hunt seals, are now resorting to attacking and eating their own kind in a bid to satiate their hunger
Near-space lightning may impact climate
Newly captured super-fast, extremely bright lightning in the upper-atmosphere, dubbed ‘Sprites’, may play a vital role in climate and solar activity
Climate to change 100 times faster than species can adapt
Climatic change between now and 2100 will change more than 100 times faster than the rate at which the species can acclimatise
Catastrophic “merging tsunami” doubled Japan devastation
The catastrophic tsunami, which hit the Japan shores in March 2011, was a long- hypothesized ‘merging tsunami’
Global warming triggers imbalance between fish and their parasites
Parasitic worms that infect fish and have a devastating effect on fish reproduction, grow four times faster at higher temperatures, have provided the first evidence that global warming affects interactions between parasites and their hosts
Tallest mountain peaks bear the brunt of climate change
Asia’s mountainous Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region, site of Mount Everest and many of the world’s tallest peaks, are extremely vulnerable to climate change
Fongoli chimpanzees exhibit sharing behaviour akin to humans
Fongoli chimpanzees also frequently share food and hunting tools with other chimps just like human beings, a new study has claimed