Pope Francis has denounced the “scourge” of child labour and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or exploits a child will have to answer to God.

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“Those remote places are also the most important places on the Earth from a biodiversity perspective,” said Microsoft's chief ...

Chennai, Dec 21 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu (NS:TNNP) Forest Department is planning to introduce thermal drones for night-time surveillance to track wild elephants and prevent them from entering human ...

Pliny The Elder once wrote of elephants: "Of all other living creatures, they cannot abide a mouse or a rat." Elephants being afraid of tiny rodents has become a popular theme in folklore and ...

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Dr PS Easa, a wildlife biologist and former director of the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) who recommended the 3m gap between elephants to the high court bench, said it was important to ...

Rachael is a writer and digital content producer at IFLScience with a Zoology degree from the University of Southampton, UK, and a nose for novelty animal stories.