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The Asiatic Golden Cat Can Morph Into Six Different Colours
It can be grey, black or cinnamon coloured. It can have leopard-like rosettes or ocelot-like markings on its coat. Or the Asiatic Golden Cat can be golden coloured true to its name. For the first time ever, scientists have discovered that this threatened species of wild cat found in India can have six different colour […]
Say No to Firefly Festival, Period
Have you ever noticed insects disappearing from your surrounding over the last few years? Try and recall the last time you saw a hawk moth, dragonfly, or butterfly around your house? Fact is, with the expanding city limits and other anthropogenic activities, we are losing wildlife habitats, green spaces, and wetlands in an unusual way. […]
Four New Horned Frogs Discovered In India
Horned Frogs are named so because of their pointy upper eyebrows but for centuries, there has been a confusion regarding their classification. In North East India for over 150 years a single species – the Jerdon’s white lipped horned frog, represented the entire family, but Dr Stephen Mahony, a National Museum (UK) scientist knew there […]
Growing Non Native Plants In Your Backyard Decreases Bird Population
Cities across the world are falling quiet as bird song vanishes. With backyards being restructured by human activity, birds are finding it harder and harder to find prey, according to a study by the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. The study, which focused on the breeding success and population growth of the Carolina chickadee, also highlighted […]
Uttar Pradesh Sees Rise In Ganga River Dolphin Numbers
A survey that was conducted by the Uttar Pradesh forest department and WWF –India on the Ganga River Dolphins brings up some really exciting news – the dolphin population in the state has increased from 22 in 2015 to 33 in 2018. The survey was conducted under the ‘My Ganga, my Dolphin’ programme covering a […]
Chinese Tourists Stopped From Smuggling 15 Shahtoosh Shawls
According to an official statement by customs department, New Delhi, two Chinese women tourists aged about 41 and 39 were detained for trying to smuggle out 15 shahtoosh shawls worth Rs. 45 lakhs as they were set to leave for Shanghai from New Delhi airport on the 18th October, 2018. Read More: Rare Himalayan Serow […]
Great Hornbills Adapting To Plantation Life In Western Ghats
The Great Hornbills found in the Valparai region of the southern part of the Western Ghats are testimony to this statement of Charles Darwin. “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” According to the latest study on the Great […]
Tigress Machhli Of Ranthambore To Be Genetically Mappped
Machhli is one of India’s most famous tigresses for reasons more than one. This legendary tigress of Ranthambore who lived for 19 years has many sobriquets to her credit. Also known as ‘Lady of the lakes ‘ and ‘ Crocodile killer’ , the most photographed tigress that helped contribute a lot to enhance the tiger […]
Tigers Sighted In New Forest Regions Of Odisha
The Royal Bengal Tiger has been sighted in 3 new forest regions of Odisha. This was announced by the State Forest and Environment Ministry, Bijayashree Routray. Mr. Routray said that movement of tigers captured by closed-circuit television cameras installed at the Hemgiri forest in Sundargarh and Debrigarh sanctuaries in Sambalpur districts was direct evidence of […]
Two Species Of Jumping Spiders Discovered In Uttarakhand
Two new species of jumping spiders have been discovered from the Valley of Flowers National Park in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, raising the number in the catalogued diversity of this family of arthropods to 250. Specimens of both these new species measure between 2mm to 5mm and were collected from the alpine meadows of the […]