Day: July 4, 2018

India has identified four more ailing wildlife species—Northern river terrapin (Batagur Baska) Clouded Leopard, Red Panda and Arabian Sea Humpback Whale — that need immediate intervention for conservation. Enlisted in Schedule-I of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 which accords them the highest degree of protection, these four endangered species have now been brought under […]

When the last male Northern White Rhinoceros, 45-year-old Sudan, died in March it looked like the end of the sub-species was nigh. With only two females alive, and no breeding partners left, the rhino was functionally extinct, and just a few years away from dying out entirely. But in a world first, scientists have created a test-tube rhino […]