Khaire’s Black Shieldtail Khaire’s Black Shieldtail is the new species of snake discovered in the Western Ghats of India. This non venomous Shieldtail snake species belongs to Melanophidium genus, endemic…
GoI has launched the first across the river survey in the Ganga river to assess the population of marine life, including the endangered Gangetic dolphin. Survey will create a baseline…
The Bhitarkanika National Park officials have rescued an endangered barn owl, a scheduled animal under the Wildlife Act, from a place of worship at a village in Odisha’s Kendrapara district.…
Researchers exploring the Western Ghats have found two new endemic genera and a new species of songbird. Undertaken by V.V Robin, C K Vishnudas, Sushma Reddy, Frank E. Rheindt, Pooja…
A new species of birds has been discovered in the high mountainous region of Nepal, bringing the total number of avian species in the Himalayan country to 866. A Rufous-tailed…
With an extinction record of 37 years, an specie of the bats aboriginal to the Thar desert, has been re-sighted by a group of zoological researchers. Identified as Hipposideros Fulvus…
The Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh was accorded the Unesco World Heritage Site status. The Unesco World Heritage Site Committee at Doha in Qatar…
The phenomenon of 'killer rip tides' is being studied by ISRO in collaboration with a private lifeguard agency appointed by the Goa government to safeguard its beaches. Rip tides are…
A new species of birds has been discovered in the high mountainous region of Nepal. This is bringing the total number of avian species in the Himalayan country to 866.…
The SC provided major direction to preserve ecologically crucial wetlands threatened by encroachment in many parts of the country. Supreme Court directed the Centre on 8th Feb 2017 to frame…
