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There isn’t a big difference between a butterfly and a moth, but we all know which one out of the two gets more love in the world. Butterflies are bright, colourful and pretty – you can get ...

Pollution darkened these environments, leading to a rise in dark-colored moths that were less visible to predators. This phenomenon, known as ‘industrial melanism’, showcases the moth’s adaptive ...

“Melanism is something that occurs very rarely within birds and mammals,” said Adams in a statement sent to IFLScience. “I’ve heard about it before in other species of penguins so I’ve ...

BHUBANESWAR: Even as the Forest department grapples with the poaching of the melanistic tiger, investigation has revealed the sub-adult big cat, skin of which was recovered from a fringe village ...

The deep bonds between a horse and their human have been at the centre of many wonderful films. Azaad, which has two men, senior and junior, vying for the affections of a beautiful beast, should have ...

Image credits: dbenc Audio isn’t the first cat to go viral for having four ears. Midas made headlines in 2021 when he was adopted by a woman in Turkey. The Russian Blue mix also sports quadruple ...

A melanistic Royal Bengal Tiger was killed by poachers in Similipal Tiger Reserve, the world's only habitat for these rare tigers. Authorities arrested four men and seized the hide, nails ...

BHUBANESWAR/BARIPADA: Skin and other body parts of a rare melanistic tiger, unique to the Similipal landscape, were seized by forest officials from the possession of four persons in the fringe ...

A sizeable number of tigers in Similipal exhibited pseudo-melanism, characterised by black stripes that were much more pronounced than the typical coloration of a Royal Bengal Tiger. It was ...

Baripada: Days after two persons were arrested on poaching charges along with seizing claws and teeth of a melanistic Royal Bengal Tiger from Similipal in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, forest ...