Endangered Species

A necropsy, the animal equivalent of an autopsy, identified the deceased marine mammal as a mature female sei whale, an endangered species typically found in deep waters far from land.

In the last two years, as more wild birds got sick, different animals like dolphins, porpoises, seals, foxes, and otters also got the disease.

The sudden deaths of African elephants in Botswana and Zimbabwe in 2020 provoked considerable public interest and speculation.

The footage was captured by a trap camera, set up by Naryn T Rosen, a conservationist from Turkmenistan.

A rare and globally endangered bird species 'Jerdon's Babbler' was spotted in the buffer zone of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR), in the grasslands of Uttar Pradesh.

There is nothing wrong in caring for an endangered species but one should inform the authorities about it, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Thursday.

Sri Lankan customs officers have seized 206 live star tortoises, which are listed as an endangered species, that were being smuggled to Malaysia in boxes labelled as "dried seafood", the largest such capture since 2015.

The Indian Wolf has been listed as a Schedule I species in the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972 due to its extremely low numbers.

The iguanas, which can stretch up to 18.5 inches (47 cm) in length, were first discovered by national park rangers in 1986.

A team of researchers has discovered a nursery of baby hammerhead sharks off an island in Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago, a finding that could help protect the species from the threat of extinction.

The effects of human activity from climate change to pollution are "devastating" marine life, with nearly a tenth of underwater plants and animals assessed so far threatened with extinction.

The number of dead seals discovered off the coast on Saturday initially appeared to be 700 but later rose to 2,500, according to the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

The US government warned that the emperor penguin of Antarctica is in danger of going extinct because of rising global temperatures and a loss of sea ice.

The Chester Zoo in England, United Kingdom, has recently announced the birth of a greater one-horned rhinoceros, a critically endangered species.

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance in United States has welcomed 41 small hatchlings of the Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle which is a unique and endangered turtle species that takes nearly two decades to reproduce.

A necropsy, the animal equivalent of an autopsy, identified the deceased marine mammal as a mature female sei whale, an endangered species typically found in deep waters far from land.

In the last two years, as more wild birds got sick, different animals like dolphins, porpoises, seals, foxes, and otters also got the disease.

The sudden deaths of African elephants in Botswana and Zimbabwe in 2020 provoked considerable public interest and speculation.

The footage was captured by a trap camera, set up by Naryn T Rosen, a conservationist from Turkmenistan.

A rare and globally endangered bird species 'Jerdon's Babbler' was spotted in the buffer zone of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR), in the grasslands of Uttar Pradesh.

There is nothing wrong in caring for an endangered species but one should inform the authorities about it, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Thursday.

Sri Lankan customs officers have seized 206 live star tortoises, which are listed as an endangered species, that were being smuggled to Malaysia in boxes labelled as "dried seafood", the largest such capture since 2015.

The Indian Wolf has been listed as a Schedule I species in the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972 due to its extremely low numbers.

The iguanas, which can stretch up to 18.5 inches (47 cm) in length, were first discovered by national park rangers in 1986.

A team of researchers has discovered a nursery of baby hammerhead sharks off an island in Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago, a finding that could help protect the species from the threat of extinction.

The effects of human activity from climate change to pollution are "devastating" marine life, with nearly a tenth of underwater plants and animals assessed so far threatened with extinction.

The number of dead seals discovered off the coast on Saturday initially appeared to be 700 but later rose to 2,500, according to the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

The US government warned that the emperor penguin of Antarctica is in danger of going extinct because of rising global temperatures and a loss of sea ice.

The Chester Zoo in England, United Kingdom, has recently announced the birth of a greater one-horned rhinoceros, a critically endangered species.

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance in United States has welcomed 41 small hatchlings of the Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle which is a unique and endangered turtle species that takes nearly two decades to reproduce.