4+ hour, 41+ min ago   (373+ words) New Delhi: Madagascar’s elusive diamond frogs spend most of their lives underground or hiding beneath leaves. To take a deeper look into their lives, a team of international researchers spent 12 years in their habitat and found seven previously unknown species....

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (162+ words) Nagpur, Jul 29 (PTI) Three Memorandums of Understanding regarding tiger conservation and tourism were signed in the presence of Maharahtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis here on Wednesday, officials said. In all, 11 MoUs were exchanged between various institutions on this occasion to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (221+ words) Kendrapara, Jul 27 (PTI) Odisha’s Bhitarkanika National Park has recorded 117 active nests of estuarine crocodiles in an annual survey, indicating a stable breeding population and sustained success in conserving the mangrove ecosystem, officials said on Monday. The survey by the Mangrove…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (532+ words) ThePrint Climate shift threatens Nilgiris tea plantations, says UPASI official Udhagamandalam (Tamil Nadu), Jul 27 (PTI) Rising temperature and erratic weather patterns driven by global climate change and Super El Nino conditions are posing an unprecedented challenge to the tea plantations…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (479+ words) New Delhi: The world’s strongest coral bleaching events in the past three decades have all been associated with the El Nino phenomena, but a new study has found that human-led climate change is the biggest contributor to these events. Published…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (111+ words) Diphu, Jul 21 (PTI) A pangolin was rescued from a house in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, officials said on Tuesday. The endangered animal, often referred to as a “scaly anteater”, had been spotted roaming around the Sitlabari area of Diphu, the…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (335+ words) Itanagar, Jul 14 (PTI) Researchers have discovered two new species of rare solitary bees in Arunachal Pradesh’s Siang Valley, highlighting the rich biodiversity of the Eastern Himalayas and the need to protect the region’s fragile ecosystem, officials said on Tuesday. The…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (48+ words) ThePrint Lodhi Garden’s immigrant hornbill has a new name—Mausi Ma The interspecies engagement in Delhi’s Lodhi Garden stunned scientists and nature lovers globally. In a collective moment, the pied hornbill was named Mausi Ma....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (197+ words) Amreli (Gujarat), July 11 (PTI) A court remanded two men to the custody of the forest department after a group of youths allegedly entered a forest area for an illegal lion sighting in Amreli district of Gujarat, resulting in the death…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (450+ words) Ahmedabad: A second Great Indian Bustard chick born in Gujarat’s Kutch district through a novel conservation technique called ‘jumpstart’ has successfully crossed the critical 40-day survival stage, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav has said. He hailed the development as a…...