Fearsome ocean predators number of sharks around the world has fallen. Research published in the latest science journal Nature, found fishing was responsible for fewer sharks across many of the world’s coral reefs. Using a network of underwater cameras, researchers found sharks were “functionally extinct” at 20 per cent of the coral reefs they surveyed.…
Deforestation in India has surged to such an extent that wild elephants are hitting back by bulldozing houses and human habitat and coolly go back to the forest. In Kerala Palakkad, a wild elephant nicknamed bulldozer destroys at least one house and disappears into the forest. Within the last three months, the…
A monitor lizard was see n wandering outside a house in Delhi. Senior police officer HGS Dhaliwal shared the picture on Twitter to which there was a response “ Must be from the Chattarpur region near the Aravallis Biodiversity Park”.
350 elephants have been found dead mysteriously in northern Botswana over the last two months. “Outside of drought, I don’t know of a die-off that has been this significant” Dr. Niall McCann, director of conservation at UK-based charity National Park Rescue. The cause of death is not clear, with lab results on samples still weeks…
A 36-foot whale carcass washed up on Mandarmani beach in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district, India. The local police station and state forest department are examining the injury marks on the carcass’s body to determine the cause of death. Whales are endangered schedule-1 species under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 in India.
Scots commentator Andrew Cotter’s have announced a new canine book “ Olive, Mable and Me: Life and Adventures with my Canine Companions ” published by Black & White Publishing featuring a heart-warming story of his life with his two famous Labradors Olive and Mabel. Scottish sports commentator Andrew Cotter reveals the bond with his two…
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There are less than 20, 000 Indian elephants surviving in India and less than 800 tuskers. Kerala and Odisha top the list with dozens of deaths each year. The railways have killed elephants after they die by running down and beaten by the forest department. Some elephants are illegally captured in the wild jungles of…
Charli Lello, 29, from Hertfordshire, put the three Clarence Court eggs she bought in Waitrose in an incubator as an experiment to pass the time after being furloughed. She said the ducklings called Beep, Peep and Meep would live a very happy life with her pet chickens. A Waitrose spokesman said fertilised eggs were safe…
The monkey runs away with COVID-19 blood samples for suspected coronavirus patients in Meerut. The video that went viral on social media showed the monkey thief in a tree. A monkey attacked a lab technician on the campus of a medical school in India and ran away with blood samples from three patients infected withCovid-19.…