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Novel study reveals litter provides habitat for diverse animal com
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Nottingham [England], January 25 (ANI): While a heap of litter lying in a river may be mistaken as a pollutant by some, however, in a novel study of local rivers, experts at the University of Nottingham in the UK have discovered that more invertebrates - animals without a backbone, such as
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Climate change can threaten sea snails in mid-Atlantic waters
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 11 (ANI): Climate change can threaten the survival and development of common whelk -- a type of sea snail -- in the mid-Atlantic region, according to a study by scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
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People are consuming oysters in months with 'r' from 4000 years
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Dec 01 (ANI): Tradition dictates only eating wild oysters during months containing the letter 'r' -- from September to April to keep food poisoning at bay and now a new study has suggested that the norm is being followed for at least 4,000 years.
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Sea snail venom offers possibilities of designing human ailments d
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Port Blair [India], April 21 (ANI): In a first of its kind study, peptides, from the venom of cone snails, have been identified that opens up possibilities of drug research for several human ailments.
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