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Causes of earthquakes

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- May 20, 2020

The main causes of earthquakes are :

1. Dislocations of the crust.

2. Volcanic eruptions.

3. Man made explosions.

4. Movement of the titonic plates.

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Leonardo da Vinci

- July 17, 2020

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, known as Leonardo da Vinci, was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance whose areas of interest included science and invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology, and cartography.

Aldabra giant tortoise

- June 18, 2020

The Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea), from the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles, is one of the largest tortoises in the world .

Project tiger

- May 19, 2020

Project tiger. The project tiger conservation programme was initiated in 1973 for the purpose of saving the tiger population from extinction in India. This is one of the success stories of of wildlife conservation in the whole world. An estimate of the tiger population in India at the turn of the century placed the figure upto 40,000 subsequently the first ever all India tiger census was conducted in 1972 which revealed the existence of only 1827 tigers. The project of conservation of tiger was launched by the government of India with the help of international agencies like world wildlife fund etc. Nine tiger reserves in nine states with a total area of 13,017sq.km were set aside with tiger population of about 300. The main achievements of this project are excellent recovery of the habitat and consequent areas.

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