Himachal Pradesh High Court, August 31, 2023 directed the Animal Welfare Board of India under the control of Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying) to give practical suggestions to Himachal Pradesh regarding control of the monkey menace and also the stray dogs menace …
Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) can be divided into four subspecies. Substantial phylogenetic evidence suggests that these subspecies can be grouped into two distinct lineages: a western African group that includes P. t. verus and P. t. ellioti and a central/eastern African group that includes P. t. troglodytes and P. t. schweinfurthii. …
Working with the Rainforest Alliance, Chiquita’s active biodiversity program goes beyond the boundaries of its banana farms. The program has opened doors to productive partnerships with customers, governments and organizations, protecting biodiversity on and around its farms and neighboring banana and cattle farms as well as land that is not …
What is Ebola virus disease? Ebola virus disease is a se vere haemorrhagic fever caused by viral infection. The virus causes internal and ex ternal bleeding in humans and non-human primates like monkeys, gorillas and so on. The disease was first no ticed in 1976 when Sudan and the Democratic …
Monkeys near the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant have lower blood cell counts than cousins living further away, possibly because of radiation exposure, a study says. A Japanese research team wrote in the journal Nature Scientific Reports that although they could not prove the link, the blood levels “might likely …
The Cameroon-Nigeria border region where the Cross River gorilla occurs is a biodiversity hotspot of global significance. The Cross River gorilla can therefore play a role as a ‘flagship’ species; the actions proposed in this plan ensure the survival of both this Critically Endangered ape and the region’s immense biological …
Conflicts between humans and non-human primates are recognized as major issues in conservation of primates. Crop damage caused by primates is one of the most wide spread and common examples of human-nonhuman primate conflicts in areas where local people are mainly subsistence farmers. Various forms of human-wildlife conflicts occur with …
Pluripotent stem cells provide a potential solution to current epidemic rates of heart failure by providing human cardiomyocytes to support heart regeneration. Studies of human embryonic-stem-cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hESC-CMs) in small-animal models have shown favourable effects of this treatment. However, it remains unknown whether clinical-scale hESC-CM transplantation is feasible, safe or …
A group of volunteers from a city-based environmental group, who ventured into Sirumalai Reserve Forest recently, have come out with shocking impact of summer heat on animals. At least, five monkeys were found dead inside the forest without any apparent injuries by the members of Nanal Nanbargal which explored the …
China will jail people who eat rare animals for 10 years or more under a new interpretation of the criminal law, state media reported, as the government seeks to close a legal loophole and better protect the natural environment. China lists 420 species as rare or endangered, including the panda, …
China lists 420 species as rare or endangered, including the panda, golden monkeys, Asian black bears and pangolins, some or all of which are threatened by illegal hunting, environmental destruction and the consumption of animal parts, including for supposedly medicinal reasons. Consumption of rare animals has risen as the country …
Ebola virus disease (formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever) is a severe, often fatal illness, with a death rate of up to 90%. The illness affects humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees). Ebola first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, one in a village near the Ebola …
Four years of scientific expeditions have found previously unknown animals and plants in world's largest tropical rainforest A purring monkey, a vegetarian piranha and a flame-patterned lizard are among more than 400 new species of animals and plants that have been discovered in the past four years in the Amazon …
The population of monkeys, who have become nuisance for farmers and people in Himachal Pradesh, has come down by 55,000 as per the latest census conducted by the state forest department, forest minister Thakur Singh Bharmauri told state assembly during the question hour on Monday. Replying to a question of …
The Wildlife Wing of the Forest Department will undertake a monkey census on June 29 to see whether the sterilisation of 68,000 simians in the state has succeeded in putting a much-needed check on their growing numbers, which stood at a whopping 3.19 lakh a decade ago. As per a …
The state Wildlife Department will get a fresh population estimation of leopards, snow leopards and monkeys done with the help of experts who will suggest ways and means to reduce man-animal conflict resulting in increased attacks by wild animals. Experts from an NGO headed by Vidya Athreya, a wildlife biologist, …
Apes and Old World monkeys are prominent components of modern African and Asian ecosystems, yet the earliest phases of their evolutionary history have remained largely undocumented. The absence of crown catarrhine fossils older than ~20 million years (Myr) has stood in stark contrast to molecular divergence estimates of ~25–30 Myr …
Researchers have discovered a population of 200 of the world's rarest orangutans hiding in the forests of Indonesia. The previously unknown population was spotted by conservationists near the 140 square kilometres Batang park in the island of Borneo, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). The International Union for Conservation …
The Peruvian night monkey has never before been studied in the wild. But new research shows that protecting forests – even small fragments – is vital to the species' survival The Peruvian night monkey (Aotus miconax) is one of the world's least known primates, having never been studied in the …
IMPHAL: Wildlife books, written a few decades ago say that many species of animals and birds were available in plenty in Manipur. Till recently, people caught and killed leopards, tigers, bears and other animals in villages. When tribals set bush fire in the mountains near Imphal, terrified animals rushed towards …
SOME of the richest and most biodiverse forests in Indonesia will soon be opened up for commercial exploitation under a plan drafted by the new government of Aceh. The chairman of the Aceh parliament's spatial planning committee, Mr Anwar (who goes by only one name) has confirmed the plan would …
