Living planet report 2022
<p>Wildlife populations monitored across the globe have declined by a massive 69 per cent between 1970 and 2018, according to this WWF's Living Planet Report (LPR) 2022</p>
Reptiles
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Rising temperatures harm lizards
Randolph E. Schmid
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1/5th of lizards may disappear
Global warming could kill off as many as a fifth of the world
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Are Lizards Toast?
Warming is held responsible for a rash of extinctions of global lizard populations.
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Lost lizards validate grim extinction predictions
Predictions that climate change alone could lead to the extinction of more than one-fifth of plant and animal species before the end of the century have often come under fire, and not just from climate-change deniers. Some biologists are sceptical because the predictions are largely based on theoretical models.
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Mass lizard extinctions looming; Global warming blamed
Lounging in the shade may sound soothing, but it could be the death of many lizards if global warming continues at current rates. As temperatures inch upward, the reptiles rest more and hunt less. As a result, 20 percent of lizard species could go extinct by 2080, a new study says.
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Lizard for lunch, 19 kids ill
Dumka, May 10: In a grim reminder to the 2008 Bero deaths, 19 students of a state-run primary school in Deoghar fell ill today after eating a midday meal of khichdi that allegedly had a boiled lizard in it. While 16 were released after treatment, three have been admitted to Deoghar Sadar Hospital in critical condition.
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Amorous slug, orange snake found
Vast tracts of Borneo yet to be biologically explored KUALA LUMPUR: A lungless frog, a frog that flies and a slug that shoots love darts are among 123 new species found in Borneo since 2007 in a project to conserve one of the oldest rain forests in the world.
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Python adoption at Van Vihar
Adoption of Python at Van Vihar, Bhopal was done by Md. Shakil residing at Chinar Fortune City, Hosangabad Road, Bhopal. Shakil came to Van Vihar for registration for World Watching camp. After getting information he immediately deposited 720 rupees for adoption of Python. Director, Van Vihar SS Rajput gave adoption certificate to Md Akhil on this occasion.
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Secret of cobra hood revealed
London: Solving an intriguing biological mystery, scientists have found the mechanism behind the menacing
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Naturalist duos bid for protection of snakes
KOHORA: Often snake are killed due to its venomous quality without understanding its actual importance in maintaining the balance and ecology. Snakes help in protection of foodgrains by killing and eating insects, rats and rodents and keeping their population at a threshold level.