The population of the endangered Gangetic river dolphin has declined at Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary (VGDS) in Bhagalpur District of Bihar, India's only sanctuary...
The International Co-ordinating Council of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme has added 24 new sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves during...
NEW SPECIES OF DAZZLING, NEON-COLORED FISH
On a recent expedition to the remote Brazilian archipelago of St. Paul's Rocks, a new species of reef fish...
On 1 August 2018, the World Heritage Centre received a petition signed by more than 2,400 citizens who expressed their concerns about deforestation at...
The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Manama recently decided to remove the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System from the List of World Heritage in...
WCS scientists recently completed the first-ever range-wide population census of the Zanzibar red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus kirkii). It is an endangered primate found only...
A comprehensive assessment of cheetah populations in southern Africa reveals the dire state of Cheetahs.
In a study published, researchers present evidence that low cheetah...
Australian scientists has discovered a new species of marsupial lion which has been extinct for at least 19 million years in the Riversleigh World Heritage...
Team of researchers from the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science (LSUMNS) visired the extremely remote eastern Cordillera Azul in town of Flor...
A two-days training programme conducted by the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA) to ensure that animals...
Researchers from Japan have identified and clarified the biological name of the world's heaviest bony fish ever caught.
The 2,300 kilogram whopper is a Mola...
Vladimir Lukhtanov and Alexander Dantchenko discovered butterfly that was named South-Russian blue (Polyommatus australorossicus). It was found flying over the northern slopes of the...
A rare migratory bird 'black-headed bunting' was sighted for the first time in Manipur.
A single black-headed bunting ( Emberizamelanace phata) was sighted during a study of birds...
India has been awarded with the Certificate of Commendation for its exemplary enforcement action in its regional and global effort to combat illegal wildlife...
Scientists have discovered the world’s best-preserved armoured dinosaur, dubbed as the ‘Mona Lisa’ of dinosaurs — in Canada, that dates back about 110 million...
Paleontologists have identified a new species of titanosaurian dinosaur.
The new dinosaur is called Shingopana songwensis, derived from the Swahili term "shingopana" for "wide neck";...
Biosphere Reserve (BR) is an international designation by UNESCO for representative parts of natural and cultural landscapes extending over large area of terrestrial or...
The West Bengal Forest Department and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), East wing, seized 32,985 mongoose hair brushes from the Old China Bazaar area...
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and the Forest Protection Squad in Tamil Nadu have arrested a person for keeping 2515 rare Indian Star tortoises...
Two new primitive species of earthworm were discovered by a team of Indian researchers in the Western Ghats mountain ranges in Kerala.
The new earthworm...
Recently, the survey of amphibians and reptiles was concluded at Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary.
Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (PNP) is a protected area...
The union government has sought the Supreme Court’s approval to undertake a project to re-introduce cheetahs in India.
Tracing the creature’s history, the government said...
Karnataka tops the list of having maximum number of wild elephants in India.
According to the latest elephant census report of the union environment ministry, there are 6,049...
A threatened bird species 'Bristled Grassbird' was sighted recently in Bandha Dharampura area of Kota city in Rajasthan.
Bristled grassbird falls under the ‘vulnerable’ category...
The Maharashtra government has constituted an 11-member committee to formulate a strategy to decide whether conservation translocation of tigers to areas devoid of wildcats...
69 year old, world’s oldest known manatee, Snooty died at Florida in USA.
Manatees, sometimes known as sea cows, are large aquatic air-breathing herbivores closely related...
The Ministry of Environment & Forests and National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has released the protocols for the audit of Tiger Reserves related to their security preparedness...
Recently, India and Bangladesh has decided to set up a joint working group for the conservation of elephants and manage their movement through corridors...
Wildlife researchers have found a breeding location for the 'Masked Finfoot' along the Memay river in the Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary in Cambodia.
The masked...
Researchers from University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have found three new species of chameleons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The reptile...
The world’s oldest fossil mushroom has been discovered in Brazil. The mushroom has been named Gondwanagaricites magnificus and belongs to the Agaricales order.
According to researchers,...
Scientists have discovered six new species of freshwater crabs in (Kerala) Western Ghats of India. The Western Ghats in India is a biodiversity hot spot...
Scientists have discovered a new species of flying squirrel in North America. They are distributed from Alaska to Honduras.
It is known as Humboldt’s flying squirrel,...
Indian government has released a information about the new species of Plants and Animals that has been found in last year.
Animal Discoveries, New Species...
Punjab State Wildlife Board meeting chaired by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has allowed short-term permits for shooting crop-damaging animals like wild boar and roz.
Punjab...
A team from Institute of Natural History Education and Research (INHER) and Pune forest division (wildlife) discovered new species of burrowing frog — Sphaerotheca...
WHO-India launched Indian Rhino Vision (IRV) 2020 programme to protect and increase the population of the one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis).
This ambitious project, called the...
Researchers from Arizona State University's School of Life Sciences have decoded the Mojave Desert Tortoise's genome.
The genome provides a starting point for a number...
