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>
Amphibians
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144 new species in last decade in Northeast
As many as 353 new species of flora and fauna have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas in the past decade, of which more than 40 per cent were found in the eight states of the Northeastern region.
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350 new species located in Himalayas
More than 350 new species, including a flying frog and the world's smallest deer species, have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas in the last decade, according to the WWF. The eastern Himalayas, the region which spans Bhutan and Northeast India, north Burma, Nepal and southern parts of Tibet Autonomous Region in China, faces an alarming threat from climate change.
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The Eastern Himalayas Where worlds collide
A new WWF report reveals more than 350 new species
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Pictorial guide on amphibians, reptiles of NE released
Amphibians and Reptiles of Northeast India
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More Than 800 Wildlife Species Now Extinct
More than 800 animal and plant species have gone extinct in the past five centuries with nearly 17,000 now threatened with extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature reported on Thursday.
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Mangroves: A global perspective on the evolution and conservation of their terrestrial vertebrates
Mangrove ecosystems are found globally along tropical and subtropical coastlines. They exhibit a steep environmental gradient between inland and marine systems, providing a unique, selective environment that shapes local morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations.
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Anaconda beside you, frogs over your head
Kankaria Zoo Will Soon Have India's First Double-decker Enclosure To House Reptiles And Amphibians
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Toad radiation reveals into-India dispersal as a source of endemism in the Western Ghats
High taxonomic level endemism in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot has been typically attributed to the subcontinent's geological history of long-term isolation.
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Europe's Frogs And Snakes In Danger: Study
One fifth of Europe's reptiles and nearly a quarter of its amphibians are in danger because of the threat humans pose to their natural habitat, according to a study carried out for the European Commission.
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Birds More At Risk; World Failing In Conservation
The list of birds threatened with extinction has grown fractionally; a new sign that governments are failing to meet a 2010 global conservation goal, an annual review of birds showed on Thursday.