Critically endangered Siamese crocodile eggs hatched in Cambodia
Listed on International Union for Conservation of Nature`s (IUCN) red list as critically endangered, the global population of Siamese crocodiles is declining at an alarming rate.
Indonesian man becomes Python's dinner; police recover corpse from inside serpent!
As per a report published in BBC, 25-year-old Akbar went missing on Sunday on the island of Sulawesi, after leaving to harvest palm oil.
Mar 29, 2017, 14:40 PM IST
Australian night parrot, thought to be extinct, spotted after 100 years
The sighting of the night parrot, a small nocturnal bird native to Australia, came three years after the bird was declared extinct and 2,000 km from where it was first rediscovered in Western Queensland.
Mar 23, 2017, 13:13 PM IST
Man-animal conflict: 59 tuskers, 121 tigers, 450 humans died last year
Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said in a written reply that out of the 31 people, who died of tiger attacks in 2015-16, the highest toll of 18 was reported from West Bengal.
Mar 20, 2017, 19:25 PM IST
Largest desert freshwater lake in China sees expansion
The surface area of the Hongjiannao lake, located in Shaanxi province, stood at 32.94 sq.km by the end of last year, up around 4.5 per cent year on year.
Mar 19, 2017, 11:54 AM IST
Forest department places two cages with baits to catch tiger
With the tiger killing cattle frequently at Sukla village in Rukhad forest range, its habitants were not venturing out of their house during the dark.
Mar 18, 2017, 16:10 PM IST
Children who play outdoors protect environment, says study
Environmental awareness programmes like Girl Guides or Boy Scouts may help develop children's environmental awareness and action, according to researchers.
Mar 18, 2017, 16:10 PM IST
Vietnam seizes 100 kgs of rhino horn from Kenya
Vietnam is a hot market for rhino horn, believed to have medicinal properties and is in high demand among the communist nation`s growing middle class.
Mar 14, 2017, 23:46 PM IST
Arctic sea ice loss due to natural variations: Study
Many scientists suspect that the trend now underway is a combination of global warming and natural climate variability.
Mar 14, 2017, 20:58 PM IST
Endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles back in Odisha
Endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles, which were tagged for the purpose of studying their migration pattern, have reappeared for mass nesting in Odisha.
Feb 26, 2017, 15:04 PM IST
