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. Monitored wildlife populations - mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish - have seen a devastating 69% drop on average since 1970, according to …
Aspects of life history and morphometry of Günther’s oriental slender snake Trachischium guentheri (Boulenger, 1890) was studied along the Lachen and Lachung valleys of North Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya, India during 2003 – 2005. A total of 360 snakes were observed in 1026 man-hours of time constrained visual encounter surveys. Females …
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. While the 353 discoveries include 244 plants, 16 amphibians, 16 reptiles, 14 …
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 …
Florida wildlife officials are considering a ban on possessing several large, nonnative reptile species after a pet Burmese python killed a 2-year-old girl last month. Col. Julie Jones, director of law enforcement for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, discussed that option with Gov. Charlie Crist when he visited …
DHARMAPURI: The Dharmapuri police arrested two persons and seized a Sand boa snake from them in Kundalpatti, near here, on Thursday. According to a release from the SP office, on a tip off that the snake was caught in a garden belonging to T. Sigamani in Mallikuttai village, near Kundalpatti, …
BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to enhance its exhibit value, the Nandankanan Zoological Park has decided to get new inmates and add more enclosures. A Rs 3 crore proposal has been submitted before Central Zoo Authority (CZA) as part of the annual plan of action. The Zoo has proposed a reptile …
Keoladeo National Park (KNP) is a 29 km2 area situated on the extreme western edge of the Gangetic basin that was once confluence of Rivers Gambhir and Banganga in Bharatpur district in the State of Rajasthan. KNP has a unique mosaic of habitats that include wetlands, woodlands, scrub forests, grasslands …
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. In the first global assessment of terrestrial vertebrate species that are restricted to mangrove ecosystems, we …
June 22: Mud snakes and star tortoises from Anantapur and Kadapa districts are being smuggled out of the state for a neat profit. Unscrupulous traders from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Chittoor, Nellore, Kadapa and Anantapur in the state have been buying mud snakes weighing three kg for Rs 3 lakh …
Kankaria Zoo Will Soon Have India's First Double-decker Enclosure To House Reptiles And Amphibians How about a walk with Anaconda and King Cobra beside you, with exotic frogs and toads jumping right over your head? Welcome to India's first 'double-decker' zoo. The Kamla Nehru Zoological Park at Kankaria will soon …
The population of Burmese pythons in Florida's Everglades may have grown to as many as 150,000 as the non-native snakes make a home and breed in the fragile wetlands, officials said Thursday. Wildlife biologists say the troublesome invaders -- dumped in the Everglades by pet owners who no longer want …
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 …
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 …
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
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. Here, …
