wildlife

Citizen science is current science – atlasing the birds of Kerala

Kerala Bird Atlas is an ambitious citizen science project to map the distribution and abundance of birds of an entire…

3 years ago

Study reveals that India’s last remaining rainforest fragments harbour crucial ecological interactions and are of high conservation value

Forest fragments protect key interactions between plants and fruit-eating birds, thus maintaining biodiversity in fragmented landscapes. A recent study from…

3 years ago

Kerala completes Asia’s largest Citizen Science Bird Survey

Conducted over 600 days across five years, the field surveys for the Kerala Bird Atlas (https://birdcount.in/kerala-bird-atlas/) closed on the 13th…

4 years ago

Water Conservation Is an Essential Part of Wildlife Conservation

Today, wildlife conservation is more important than ever. Species are becoming extinct, land is being developed at unprecedented rates and…

4 years ago

International protection for Great Indian Bustard, Bengal Florican and Asian Elephant

India’s proposal to include Great Indian Bustard, Asian Elephant and Bengal Florican in Appendix I of UN Convention on migratory…

5 years ago

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the key UN Summit on migratory species

Hosting CMS COP-13 is a significant step towards wildlife conservation in India: Shri Prakash Javadekar The 13th Conference of Parties…

5 years ago

Not all animals migrate by choice

Campaign launched by Wildlife Crime Control Bureau of India and UN Environment aimed at airports across India as per reports…

5 years ago

Invasive Species, Climate Change Threaten Australia’s Reptiles– IUCN Red List

The update of Red List states that Australia's lizards and snakes vulnerability to invasive alien species, which includes the poisonous…

6 years ago

How Bees Are Saving Elephants on Railway Tracks

A device has been put by The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) that increases the buzz of moving honeybees which is…

6 years ago

Cocaine in Rivers Harming Endangered Eels, Study Finds

It is found by scientists that eels that are exposed to cocaine are more likely to suffer from issues like impaired…

6 years ago

The Buzz About World Bee Day

Experts, scientists, farmers, and enthusiasts got together to observe May 20 as the first World Bee Day. The United Nations…

6 years ago

Rockstar Turtle on Endangered List

Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus) is one of a few types of cloaca-breathing turtles, which inhale submerged utilizing specific organs…

7 years ago