As XEC, the latest COVID variant takes hold, we are watching viral evolution play out on a time scale short enough to follow, with different strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus independently acquiring similar or functionally similar mutations that improve its ability to infect us or to evade existing vaccines. Then again, we have to wonder whether that set up of …
Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, Sanmen green crabs are at their richest and most flavorful. A farmer in the Dongying Economic and Technological Development Zone harvest a large quantity of Sanmen green crabs. A Sanmen green crab cultivated in the Dongying Economic and Technological Development Zone. After more than five years of improvements, the local agricultural company has successfully established Sanmen …
Published : Jul 31, 2023 15:29 IST - 6 MINS READ A primordial sea animal that lives on the tidal mudflats of the East Coast of the United States and serves as a linchpin for the production of vital medicines stands to benefit from new protective standards. “And they’re having problems because the new kids on the block, us, haven’t …
Talsari beach in Odisha and other beaches along the Balasore coast, draw many local tourists and wildlife enthusiasts hoping to get a glimpse of red ghost crabs that turn up every year in large numbers. Every year, it draws scores of people for a glimpse of the red ghost crabs that turn up in such large numbers that the sand …