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Conservation outlook of Western Ghats grim, says new IUCN report
The IUCN World Heritage Outlook 3, published last week, builds on previous reports from 2014 and 2017 to track whether the conservation of the worlds 252 natural world heritage sites is sufficient to protect them in the long term.
Updated on Dec 06, 2020 05:47 PM IST
Kochi | Press Trust of India | Posted by Srivatsan K C
Wildbuzz: What’s in a name that we call sambar
A change or amendment in the scientific name will be helpful in Indian wildlife litigation involving Sambars, such as poaching or environmental clearance for diversion of Sambar habitats, says a wildlife expert
Updated on Jun 13, 2020 10:00 PM IST
Vikram Jit Singh
Endangered helmeted curassow birds seized at Indo-Bangla border in south Bengal
According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, helmeted curassows are endangered species and are found in the forests of Columbia and Venezuela.
Published on Jun 09, 2020 07:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
In Bengal, more than 500 endangered turtles seized from UP smugglers
The team seized 519 Indian softshell turtles, two Peacock softshell turtles and two Gangetic softshell turtles. The Peacock softshell turtle figures in the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as ‘threatened species’.
Updated on Mar 07, 2020 08:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
Hundreds of Olive Ridley carcasses wash ashore on Odisha beach
The Olive Ridley turtles are Schedule I species under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, and are listed as ‘endangered’ in the IUCN Red Data Book. The marine turtles begin arriving for mass mating close to the Odisha coast from November.
Updated on Jan 31, 2020 09:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar | Debabrata Mohanty
86% more winged visitors reach Kanjli wetland this year
Published on Jan 24, 2020 10:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kapurthala | Jatinder Mahal, Kapurthala
Despite bad ecology, Sambhar got more birds this year than before
The wetland was in the news in November last year after more than 20,000 birds died due to botulism, a neuromuscular illness caused by bacteria, to the concern of environmentalists and ornithologists.
Updated on Jan 24, 2020 06:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Sachin Saini
Indian gaur spotted in Konkan sanctuary for the first time in recorded history
Wildlife researchers recently documented the presence of an Indian gaur in the Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary (PWS) in Roha and Murud talukas of Raigad district. According to the Maharashtra forest department, this is the first time a sighting of this species of bison has been reported or documented at the sanctuary.
Updated on Jan 23, 2020 07:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Endangered fishing cat triggers panic in Bengal’s suburban town
Fishing cats are listed as vulnerable species in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List. The Dankuni wetlands, located less than 10 km away from the spot where the cat was spotted, is a fishing cat habitat.
Updated on Jan 21, 2020 07:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
How’ll metro impact Aarey species? Int’l body to check
IUCN’s decision comes after city-based wildlife conservation group Empower Foundation submitted its second report – titled “Evidences of Wildlife in Aarey Forest” – within a week to the India office of IUCN on Wednesday.
Updated on Sep 12, 2019 01:59 AM IST
Mumbai | Badri Chatterjee
More species on endangered list
Leading wildlife conservation body IUCN has added thousands of plants and animals to its endangered ‘Red List’. And in doing so, it has also sent out a chilling warning.
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 10:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Pangolin, world’s most poached scaled mammal, rescued in Dalma Sanctuary
According to a sanctuary official. there are many Pangolins in Dalma Sanctuary but they are vulnerable to extinction as they are world’s most trafficked scaled mammals
Published on Jul 23, 2019 02:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | Debashish Sarkar
Rajasthan forest department to hatch lesser florican eggs artificially
The Centre has given approval for incubation of six eggs of lesser floricans, a first of its kind initiative.
Published on Jul 22, 2019 02:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Sachin Saini
Himalayan bird seen in Gurugram 40 years after rare sighting in Delhi area
The fire-capped tit, which can be recognised from its small build and orange-scarlet crest, was spotted by Mamta Kacker Muttreja, an amateur birder from Gurugram who took up the hobby about five years ago.
Updated on Mar 28, 2019 08:20 AM IST
Gurugram | Prayag Arora-Desai
Meghalaya’s community-managed forests protect endangered Western Hoolock Gibbon
Over the last three years, the people of Hima Malai Sohmat are working proactively to conserve the Western Hoolock gibbons and in the process, they are saving their forests too.
Published on Mar 25, 2019 03:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | Sibi Arasu
India’s perfume tree agarwood a step away from extinction
The Aquilaria malaccensis tree, which produces one of the world’s most valued woods, moved from ‘vulnerable’ to ‘critically endangered’ as logging and deforestation caused population to decline by more than 80% over the past 150 years, the IUCN said.
Updated on Jul 08, 2018 08:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Malavika Vyawahare
700 and counting: Ghariyal numbers get a boost in Katarniyaghat sanctuary
Strict monitoring has helped raised the number of nests from five in 2005 to 24 now.
Published on Jun 14, 2018 02:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bahraich | HT Correspondent, Bahraich
Big cats are worshipped in 20 shrines in Mumbai forests
These shrines are mostly in areas around Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary and Vasai, says recently published study.
Updated on Jun 14, 2018 11:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Jharkhand forest officials rescue endangered fishing cat sighted after decades
Listed as Endangered in the IUCN Red List, villagers trapped the fishing cat in net after it preyed on their goats.
Updated on Jun 03, 2018 09:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | Sanjoy Dey
65 exotic turtles have made 122-year-old pond at Mumbai’s Juhu temple their home
Native to southern US and Mexico, the turtles have flourished ever since 40 of them were released into the pond 10 years ago
Updated on May 30, 2018 10:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Badri Chatterjee, Mumbai
At least 10 species in the Ganga face extinction: Ministry reports
While the dolphin is listed as an endangered species according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN ) Red list, the Gharial is critically endangered in the same list
Updated on May 27, 2018 09:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Toufiq Rashid
In search of elusive high-altitude tigers, India, Nepal and Bhutan fall back upon camera traps
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will conduct the project in the three countries, with the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) and Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) playing a crucial role in synchronising the programme.
Updated on Apr 27, 2018 09:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Nihi Sharma
There might come a time when the cow will be largest mammal on Earth: Study
If the extinction trends continue, it would mean the loss of mammals such as elephants, giraffes and hippos. In March, the world’s last male northern white rhino died in Kenya.
Updated on Apr 20, 2018 12:55 PM IST
Reuters, Oslo | HT Correspondent