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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Komodos bite secret unfolds
The world
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Ban on tourists to help crocodiles
KENDRAPARA: The Bhitarkanika forest department has imposed a two-and-half-month ban from May 15 to July 31 on entry of tourists and visitors to Bhitarkanika National Park during the mating and nesting season of salt-water crocodiles. The forest department will also renovate five ponds at the Crocodile Breeding Centre at Dangamala within the park, said Prasanna Kumar Behera, DFO of the park.
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Elusive reptile caught alive
A team led by Mohammed Anees from Bangalore, launched the hunt on Tuesday night and after a nearly seven-hour search, they sighted the crocodile in the wee hours, at about 3.15 am on Wednesday People of Gulbarga can now heave a sigh of relief, following the successful catching of a live crocodile in Sharanabasaveshwara tank, popularly known as the Appana Kere, in the heart of the City.
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Lizards will roast in a warming world
Global warming is likely to push cold-blooded animals to the limit of their ability to regulate their temperature, a model suggests. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126964.800-lizards-will-roast-in-a-warming-world.html
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The potential for behavioral thermoregulation to buffer cold-blooded animals against climate warming
Increasing concern about the impacts of global warming on biodiversity has stimulated extensive discussion, but methods to translate broad-scale shifts in climate into direct impacts on living animals remain simplistic. A key missing element from models of climatic change impacts on animals is the buffering influence of behavioral thermoregulation.
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Situation of large reptiles in the Ayeyarwady delta after the cyclone hit
The devastating cyclone Nargis struck the southern part of Myanmar early in May 2008. The delta area of the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River was devastated. Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, was also struck. There is an area in the Ayeyarwady delta where the aim is to conserve the mangrove ecosystem. This is the Meinmahla Kyun Wildlife Sanctuary.
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Ammatti: Flying lizard found
The flying lizard which is generally found in the Western ghats region was recently seen in Ammatti in Virajpet taluk. The local people who caught the lizard handed it over to herpetologist Satish of Gonikoppa.
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Animal lover saves monitor lizard
KOCHI: As the World Animal Welfare Day on Oct 4 approaches, this website's newspaper came across a good Samaritan who saved a monitor lizard found nearly dead from a five-day old cleaver-wound on its neck.
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Rare monitor lizard rescued in City
DH News Service, Bangalore: Thursday morning, Selvi, a resident of II Cross Gayatri Nagar, Rajajinagar, had a new guest on the terrace of her house: A three feet monitor lizard with its two front legs tied, lying in a corner. Shocked seeing a new creature, Selvi came down running and alerted her family members and neighbours. Within minutes, passerby and neighbours thronged the building for a glimpse of the reptile.
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Rare' reptile found in Alipurduar drain
OUR CORRESPONDENT The pangolin rescued from Alipurduar last night. Picture by Anirban Choudhury Alipurduar, July 24: A pangolin found in a drain here was rescued last night and later released in the forest. Foresters are wondering how the nocturnal reptile which is in the Schedule-1 category, reached Alipurduar town. Pradeep Roy, a boy living in Ward 10 of the Alipurduar Municipality, was going home around 10.30 last night when he saw something moving in the roadside drain.