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Camera trap images have revealed that a tiger trekked from Sikkim to Bhutan, crossing the international boundary. This tiger trekking validates the existence of essential wildlife corridors between India and Bhutan and underscores the need to protect them. The tiger Read More …
After a recent survey, researchers estimate they saw only six to eight individual vaquitas in Mexico’s upper Gulf of California, the lowest result ever recorded. Still, the scientific team and the Mexican government cautioned that the population had not necessarily Read More …
Recently, Thazhakara grama panchayat in Alappuzha (Kerala) released the second volume of the People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR). As per Biological Diversity Act, 2002, one of the main functions of the Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) is to prepare People’s Biodiversity Register Read More …
A team of researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has recorded a new species of forest-dwelling horned frog from the Talle Wildlife Sanctuary in the Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh. It has been named Xenophrys apatani after Read More …
Environmental organisations in Wayanad have urged the Forest department to maintain transparency in a project to extract Senna spectabilis. Senna spectabilis is an invasive plant that poses a major threat to the wildlife habitat in the Nilgiri biosphere, from the Read More …
The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) approved Rs 56 crore funding for the next phase of the conservation program of the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and the Lesser Florican for the 2024-2029 period. The proposal for the Read More …
Odisha has restricted the cutting of existing palm trees and plans to plant around 1.9 million such trees to reduce casualties from lightning strikes. Odisha is one of India’s worst-affected states by lightning strikes during the pre-monsoon and monsoon periods. Read More …
The Zoological Survey of India on 30 June released a checklist of the country’s fauna, which made India the first country in the world to prepare such a document. Union Environment Minister launched the Fauna of India Checklist Portal, covering Read More …
A team of archaeologists has unearthed a 41,000-year-old ostrich nest in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. It is the world’s oldest known ostrich nest. The nest has a width of 9-10 feet, and was once home to 911 eggs, although Read More …
Recently, South African scientists injected radioactive material into live rhinoceros horns to make them easier to detect at border posts in a pioneering project aimed at curbing poaching. Twenty live rhinos in total are part of the pilot ‘Rhisotope’ project Read More …
In a rare sighting, an Indian painted frog was seen at Kawal Tiger Reserve in Mancherial district, Telangana. The frog is also known as ‘Sri Lankan bullfrog’ or ‘painted globular frog’ The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has Read More …
The Union Ministry of Science and Technology has announced the grant of “Mini RATNA” status (Category-1) for Central Electronics Limited (CEL). Central Electronics Limited is a Govt. of India Enterprise under the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry Read More …
The IUCN conservation status of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) has improved from Endangered to Vulnerable, with the population increasing exponentially from 62 mature individuals in 2001 to 648 in 2022. Iberian lynx is a feline species (cat). Iberian Peninsula
According to a recent paper, Asiatic lions (Panthera leo leo) and Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) have, in fact, shared habitats across Asia for centuries.
Uttar Pradesh is set to establish the world’s first conservation and breeding centre for Asian king vultures or red-headed vultures in Maharajganj.