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Bring a python, get a pizza: A Florida restaurant is giving away free ‘python pizza’ if you bring a Burmese python caught in the Everglades | World News

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A Florida restaurant has launched one of the country’s most unusual food promotions, offering customers a free ‘python pizza’ if they bring in an invasive Burmese python captured during the 2026 Florida Python Challenge. The giveaway, introduced by Wildman’s Pizza in Everglades City, is designed to support efforts to remove the destructive snakes from the…

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Soviet scientists released red king crabs into the Barents Sea in the 1960s to build a new fishing industry, but decades later, the giant crabs have spread across Russian and Norwegian waters, altering seafloor communities as they feed on native marine life | World News

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Soviet scientists introduced red king crabs to the Barents Sea in the 1960s. These crabs have since spread aggressively, altering local marine habitats. Their feeding habits reduce seabed diversity and biomass significantly. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons The red king crab can grow to more than one metre across and has a heavy, spiked shell. Seafood…

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Protecting grassland in Manas a priority: Assam forest minister Mallabaruah | Guwahati News

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Guwahati: Forest and environment minister Jayanta Mallabaruah said protecting the grassland in Manas National Park, a Unesco natural world heritage site, is a priority of the forest department and that efforts will be intensified to restore them.The minister was responding to a concern raised by BJP’s Khumtai MLA Mrinal Saikia over the rapid decrease of…

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The United States in 1906 planted Australian melaleuca trees to drain Florida’s wetlands, but scientists now say they spread across nearly 500,000 acres, replacing native sawgrass marshes with dense invasive forests that alter fire and water cycles | World News

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Florida’s wetlands are battling an ecological crisis, with Australian melaleuca trees, introduced over a century ago to drain swamps, now dominating 400,000 acres. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Human disturbance in natural ecosystems always results in some unexpected ecological changes that take many years to understand. At the beginning of the last century, the extensive wetlands…

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Thailand in the 1950s planted millions of leucaena trees for fodder and reforestation, but scientists now say they have spread into natural forests, replacing native vegetation with dense single-species stands | World News

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The leaves and spherical white flowers of Leucaena leucocephala, a species once widely planted for fodder and reforestation but now recognised as an invasive plant in several countries, including Thailand. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons Tree planting has always been viewed as one of the most effective means of bringing about restoration of degraded landscapes, tackling…

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Key waterbody in Haryana faces ecological stress as study flags pollution & fish deaths | Gurgaon News

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TOI found that the pond is currently being de-watered for the upcoming monsoon Gurgaon: Basai pond, which supports rich biodiversity despite growing environmental pressure, is plagued with several crises.A seven-day independent study, conducted between May 16 and 22, identified multiple ecological stressors at Basai pond: fish deaths, sewage inflows concern, ritual food offerings, livestock pressure,…

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Key waterbody in Haryana faces ecological stress as study flags pollution & fish deaths | Gurgaon News

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TOI found that the pond is currently being de-watered for the upcoming monsoon Gurgaon: Basai pond, which supports rich biodiversity despite growing environmental pressure, is plagued with several crises.A seven-day independent study, conducted between May 16 and 22, identified multiple ecological stressors at Basai pond: fish deaths, sewage inflows concern, ritual food offerings, livestock pressure,…

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