Author: tictac

GUWAHATI: Assam government on Wednesday rolled out an exclusive rhino protection force to protect the animal, which is frequently being killed by poachers for their horns. Between 2015 and 2017, poachers have killed 74 rhinos in the three natural habitats at Kaziranga, Orang and Manas. In the current year, already four have been killed. The […]

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 […]

NEW DELHI: For centuries, Delhi remained the natural home for rare species of owls. But as pollution levels increased over the past decade, they began to abandon their habitat here and migrated to other more hospitable regions. Now with the forest department running a campaign to create favourable conditions for their homecoming, rare species of […]

Gharial – the fish-eating long-snouted crocodilian is bolstering its population in the Gandak River flowing through the plains of the northern state of Bihar. Started in 2014, the project funded by the Environment & Forests Department, Government of Bihar aims at recovery of Gharial in the Gandak River, known as Narayani in Nepal.  The project […]