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Online daily deals site Groupon has been sued over their advertising. A class action lawsuit alleges the site engages in illegal "bait-and-switch advertising" practices . The plaintiff in the proposed class-action case is a San Francisco tour operator who accuses Groupon of purchasing tour-related keywords in Google's AdWords service, according to Ad Week. This may seem like an...

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President Eisenhower’s Winchester Model 21 Visit link: President Eisenhower’s Winchester Model 21

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The Gujarat government is now set to tap the traditional knowledge of tribal healers of this hill station to promote health tourism. Read the original here: Tapping Gujarat hill station's herbal wealth

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With the Supreme Court allowing the Maharashtra government to cut down the size of the Great Indian Bustard sanctuary area spreading over Solapur and Ahmednagar district by nearly 85% last month, forest officials are in the process of stepping up conservation efforts in the remaining areas, with a special focus core area of around 193 sqkm in isolated...

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ScienceDaily (Aug. 27, 2011) - Remember frozen iguanas falling from trees during Florida's 2010 record-breaking cold snap? Well, a new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science shows that Florida's corals also dropped in numbers due to the cold conditions. Read the rest here: Florida's Reefs Cannot Endure...

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(Reuters) - Dolphins in one western Australian population have been observed holding a large conch shell in their beaks and using it to shake a fish into their mouths -- and the behavior may be spreading. View post: Fish-catching trick may be spreading among dolphins

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The deep sea is in trouble. A recent study has found that it's being damaged by human activities, and that this is only likely to get worse. Scientists are now calling for better management and conservation of entire deep-sea ecosystems. More: Scientists call for better management of the deep sea

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Planning minister Greg Clark says local communities are the best judges of what is important in their area Link: Councils 'to have final say' on greenfield sites under planning proposals

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Otters and salmon have returned to our rivers, red kites are soaring over our motorways and exotic egrets are colonising our wetlands. So has British wildlife really made a comeback? Naturalist Stephen Moss investigates Read more here: The curious case of Britain's wildlife revival

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MANDYA: The forest department is mulling over construction of an elephant corridor in Muttati forest to prevent the rising human-animal conflicts in Malavalli taluk. More here: Forest officials mull elephant corridor in Muttati