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What is KayakingKayaks have been described as ‘those smart little, slim littlecrafts’. The sight of a kayaker going through a rapid will definitely make its Eskimo inventor (who designedsuch a vessel for huntingseals) turn in his icy grave! Alternately known as paddling, kayaking involvestravelling on water using a kayak, a narrow boat manoeuvred by a double-blade paddle. A kayaksomewhat resembles a fishing boat, and usually comes fitted with a covered deck. There are two forms of kayaking – whi

Rafting excursions are offered at travel destinations worldwide and can last for a few hours or an entire week. Whether riding the rapids on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe,or floating downstream in Alaska, you can arrive prepared for the great adventure with a proper pre-raft workout plan, attire, and raft-and-paddle know-how.Building a Pre-RaftWorkout1) Warm up by stretching.Shoulder strain is a common white-water rafting injury and proper stretching

The conversation startedover a fence dividing two backyards. On one side, an ecologist remarked thatsurveying animals is a pain. His neighbor, an astronomer, said he could see objectsin space billions of  light years away.And so began an unusualpartnership to adapt tools originally developed to detect stars in the sky tomonitor animals on the ground.The neighbours, StevenLongmore, the astronomer, and Serge Wich, the ecologist, both of Liverpool’sJohn Moores University in England, made their bac

Deeya Bajaj and Ajeet Bajajbecame the first Indian father-daughter duo to summit Mount Everest. Theysummitted world’s highest peak at dawn on May 16, 2018.Ajeet Bajaj, a renownedadventurer-explorer, and Deeya, his fearless daughter-protégé and mountaineer,embarked on this incredible journey last month on April 16 when they reachedbase camp at 16,700 feet above sea level. Their expedition offeredthem varied experiences from hard acclimatisation hikes to North Col at 23,000feet to easy Uno days a

If you are a water sportsenthusiast or an adventure junkie, you have come to the right place. We aregoing to talk about all there is to know about water sports in India. India is increasingly becomingone of the top adventure sports destinations of the world. Some of the topwater sports activitiesin India include Scuba Diving, River Rafting, Knee-boarding, Kayaking, JetSkiing and much more. Read on to know more about the top 10 water sportsactivities in India and the best destinations in India yo

Sporting a bright red-and-yellow dewlap under its chin, the color-changing Bahamian anole lizards a popular exotic pet. This wily alone has escaped captivity on enough occasions to successfully invade large areas across the Western Hemisphere. At first glance, this suggests that the anole is well-suited to adapt to changing climate. But a new study led by a Smithsonian researcher, suggests that may not be the case.Michael Logan, post-doctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institut

What is Biodiversity?Biodiversity is a modern term which simply means “the variety oflife on earth”. This variety can be measured on several different levels.Genetic – variation between individuals of the same species. Thisincludes genetic variation between individuals in a single population , as well as variations between different populations of the same species. Genetic differences can now be measured using increasinglysophisticated techniques. These differences are the raw material of evolut