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Do your bit, don’t wait for govt, Goodall tells nature lovers

November 18, 20249 min

Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist and anthropologist, emphasized to a rapt, packed, fawning audience at the Tata Theatre in Bombay’s iconic National Centre for the Performing Arts yesterday the need for people to learn about and understand nature. Delivering the closing address at the Literature Live! 2024 event held over three days at the NCPA, the U.N. Messenger of Peace explained why this has become so important in the modern world where technology is taking people...

by Sandy Pawpaw

Curious Tales

Study suggests leprosy was carried by red squirrels in mediaeval England

May 5, 202412 min

A growing body of evidence suggests leprosy may have had zoonotic origins and spread to human beings from some species of animals. In The British Isles in mediæval times, the disease may have spread to humans from Eurasian red squirrels, a new study published in the journal Current Biology suggested, the British Broadcasting Corporation and The Hindu newspaper reported. The researchers studied human and red squirrel bones from archaeological sites in Winchester, southern England, and...

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Features Wild & Wonderful

Conservationist Jane Goodall going strong at 90

April 3, 20245 min

Renowned English conservationist, primatologist, world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, and U.N. Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall turns 90 today. Born April 3, 1934, Jane Goodall was just 26 years old when she followed her passion for wildlife to Gombe, Tanzania, where she began her groundbreaking research into the social and family interactions of chimpanzees in the wild. Her work changed forever humans’ understanding of our relationship with the animal kingdom. Her work extends beyond scientific innovations,...