Dramatic shark decline leaves ‘gaping hole’ in ocean: Study
Tokyo: Overfishing has savaged populations of some sharks and rays by more than 70 percent in the last half-century, leaving a “gaping, growing hole” inoceanlife,...
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From 8000 in 2014, India’s leopard population increased to over 12,000 in 2018: Prakash Javadekar
New Delhi:India’s leopard populationincreased to over 12,000 in 2018 from around 8,000 in 2014, Environment MinisterPrakash Javadekarsaid Monday, asserting the rise in their numbers coming...
Poop power: Learn how Asian honey bees defend their colonies from hornet invaders
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Get over lockdown blue skies: World’s greenhouse gas emissions are now at record high
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India Achieves 20% reduction in emissions intensity: Power minister
Indiahas achieved a 20% reduction in itsemissions intensityagainst the 33% level it has committed to attain by 2030 at theUN Framework Conventionon Climate Change, power...
Extinction Watch: Top predators Gharials may vanish in near future
Scientific classification:Gavialis gangeticusGharialsare the top predators of the riverecosystemsbut transboundary issues anddamsare critically endangering this species of crocodile now found only in Bangladesh, India andNepal....
Extinction Watch: How long for ocean’s little cow?
Scientific classification:Phocoena sinusAmong the rarest aquatic mammals in the world is theVaquita. There are between 12 and 19 in the wild and the small porpoise...
Extinction Watch: Amur Leopard, only 100 in the wild
TheAmur leopardtops the list of critically endangeredwildlife. Known variously as Russian Leopard, Far East Leopard, theManchurian Leopard, it is found along the border ofRussiaandChinaand 2018...
Extinction watch: The great Indian bustard species may vanish & why
Scientific classification: Ardeotis nigriceps The Great Indian Bustard is one of the heaviest fl ying birds in the world. Both males and females are roughly...
Survey to map Himalayan springs soon
New Delhi: In a first of its kind survey, India will soon map all the springs in the Himalayan region of the country to form...
