Biology

Tiger has been a fascinating animal due to its extraordinary high speed and phenomenal predatory skills. Tiger is an important mammal of the food chain which balances the food-chain by being on the top of it. It is the biggest species of cat surviving on earth. Although the increasing population is decreasing the areas of […]

It wouldn’t be an expedition if it were simple. A team of Bengaluru-based wildlife researchers set out on an expedition to a remote jungle in Arunachal Pradesh, where they encountered hardship and luck when they came upon two individuals (a male and a female) of the Impressed Tortoise (Manouria impressa).  This study emphasizes the significance

Animal breeding is an essential aspect of animal husbandry. It refers to controlled mating of animals followed by selection to obtain a superior genotype of animals. It helps increase the yield of animals, improves their reproductive rate, and develops resistance to various diseases in animals.  The term ‘breed’ refers to a specific group of animals

Brassicaceae is one of the best-known families in the mustard family of flowering plants. Most are herbaceous plants, some are shrubs, with simple, although sometimes deeply incised, alternatingly set leaves without stipules or in leaf rosettes, with terminal inflorescences without bracts. Many of these species are known to be widely altered by humans for their

Blood is a fluid containing different types of cells circulated by the heart to the entire body via the circulatory system’s network of arteries, capillaries, and veins. It ferries oxygen and nutrients to the cells while also removing waste such as carbon dioxide. Animals are both warm and cold-blooded, with either an open or closed

It is challenging to answer when did human evolution start. Still, a shred of solid evidence supports the branching of the human lineage from that apes produced in Africa approximately 6 and 7 million years ago. Humans are assumed to be diverse living species of great apes.  So, to make it clear, humans did not

The Coronavirus was the major pandemic of the twentieth century, killing many people. Covid 19 arrived in India when the world was still trying to figure out what the virus was all about; it is now spreading at a faster rate. The entire world was concerned, but a district in Rajasthan called Bhilwara turned out

These tiny microbes are present anywhere and everywhere, even where no other life could exist in any temperature or circumstances. Microbes have diversity like protozoa, bacteria, fungi, microscopic animal and plant viruses, viroids, and prions that are proteinaceous infectious agents. Microbes like different types of bacteria and fungi can be accumulated on a nutritional medium

During this lockdown period, Swasth ke Sipahi provides essential services by making quality generic medicines available to the common people of the country and the elderly persons at affordable prices at their doorstep to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The Scheme is being implemented through a registered society, namely the Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India

Individual chromosomes are composed of DNA tightly coiled around proteins called histones that support their structure. Each chromosome contains hundreds to thousands of genes that carry instructions for making proteins. Genes, made up of a tiny stretch of DNA, are the basic functional unit of heredity. Chromosomes are DNA and related proteins that form a