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May172020 by adminNo Comments

Pine martens prefer neighbors, but only if they keep their distance

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May 15 (UPI) -- The otherwise solitary pine marten prefers neighbors, but only if the neighbors keep their distance. During a three-year period, researchers captured and relocated more than three dozen pine martens from Scotland to a wilderness preserve in Wales. The team used mini radio-transmitter collars to see how the predators adapted to their new home. The data showed pine martens were quicker to settle into new homes if there were neighbors around. The first batch of pine martens released in the Welsh wilderness took more than two weeks to explore their new home before settling into solitary territories. The newcomers tended to settle close to their release point. The subsequent batch of pine martens settled more quickly, most within in a week, but established their homes farther...

Mar312020 by adminNo Comments

West African lions don’t prefer national parks to hunting preserves

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March 30 (UPI) -- Data from a massive wildlife camera survey suggests West African lions divide their time evenly between the region's largest national parks and the hunting preserves that surround them. There are an estimated 400 lions living in West Africa, and 90 percent of them are found in a protected complex called W-Arly-Pendjari, or the WAP Complex. The expanse comprises five national parks and 14 hunting concessions in Burkina Faso, Niger and Benin -- some 10,200 square miles of habitat. Inside the parks, the lions are protected and face fewer human pressures, but in the hunting preserves, the lions can be killed. When scientists set out to document their distribution and movement patterns within the WAP Complex, they expected to find that lions avoided hunting concessions when ...

Oct232019 by adminNo Comments

Younger consumers prefer digital payments this festive season: ACI study

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Pune: Digital payments are preferred by 42 per cent of consumers in India, leading card payments (29 per cent ) and cash (27 per cent ), according to a new online study conducted by YouGov and ACI Worldwide, a global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions. The study found that younger consumers preferred digital payments (42 per cent for Gen Z and 48 per cent for Millennials), but their adoption was consistent across age groups. Nearly 77 per cent of Millennials had used digital payments at least once during the festival season, compared to 72 per cent of Gen Z and 69 per cent of Gen X. Nearly half (45 per cent ) of Baby Boomers also indicated they had used digitals payments within the survey period. “Digital payments, including UPI and other eWallets, are increasin...

Oct32018 by adminNo Comments

Millennials prefer life insurance over other financial assets: Study

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MUMBAI: A majority of millennials look at life insurance as a preferred financial instrument to invest in, to meet their financial goals, says a survey. The findings are based on a survey by Assocham and IndiaFirst Life Insurance conducted to study savings and investment patterns of about 1,000 individuals in the age group of 18-35 years across Maharashtra. "Higher cover at lower premium rates, simplified buying process aided with quick customer service and easy documentation makes life insurance a preferred financial asset," showed the the survey titled, Household savings and simplification of insurance. Nearly, two-third (70 per cent) of millennials preferred life insurance as preferred instruments, closely followed by mutual funds (69 per cent) and fixed/recurring deposits (64 per cent)...