Monday, December 16, 2024

“After Coronavirus, Southeast Asia Strongly Favours Crackdown on Wildlife Trade”, Says WWF

Support for a crackdown on markets was strongest in Myanmar, where wildlife has for years been traded openly in the autonomous regions bordering China, while a third of respondents in Vietnam said the crisis had prompted them to stop consuming wildlife products.

The Apple Fire: The Massive Wildfire in California

The Apple Fire is started on July 31 2020 during the 2020 California wildfire season. The wildfire began in Cherry Valley, as three separate smaller blazes within the rural canyons along Oak Glen Road.

Poachers Killed Extremely Rare Female White Giraffe and Her Seven Month Old Calf in...

"Kenya’s extremely rare female white giraffe and her seven-month-old calf have been killed by poachers", conservationists say. A third white giraffe is still alive....
This is the first plant species in the world found to have adapted pollen traits that enables a mutually beneficial pollination relationship with ants.

Researchers Found First Plant Species in the World to have Adapted Traits That Enables...

World-first, researchers at Edith Cowan University (ECU) have discovered a plant that has successfully evolved as ants and native bees. As pollinators that transcend their antimicrobial protection.
Clouded leopard

Let’s Celebrate the International Clouded Leopard Day, 4th August 2020

International Clouded Leopard Day (ICLD) is an international awareness day in an effort to increase the enslavement of clouded leopards and wildlife

Let’s Celebrate The World Lion Day, 10th August 2020

The lion (Panthera leo) is a member of the Felidae family and one of the largest species on the earth. The average weight of a lion is about between 300 and 550 pounds and can vary in color from light to dark reddish- brown.
Zonkey

Zebra Mates With Donkey, Gives Birth To “Highly Unusual” Zonkey in Kenya

A mysterious news of birth of a “Highly unusual hybrid” between a zebra and donkey has dispersed in the social media two days ago by the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (SWT) Organization, who works to rescue and rehabilitate animals in Kenya.
For the first time in 50 years, the Whistling Dog in Surat, Gujarat has been seen.

For the first time in 50 years, the Whistling Dog in Surat, Gujarat has...

After the lockdown, some species of animals can be seen in our cities roaming around freely, some of them have been noted decades later of the recent record. For the first time after 50 years, the Whistle Dogs have been a prominent sight in Surat, Gujarat.
Myrmecobius fasciatus

A New Study Maps for the First Time the Evolutionary History of the World’s...

A new study record for the first time the evolutionary history of the world's terrestrial vertebrates: amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles. It explores how areas with a large number of evolutionarily distinct species are being affected by our ever-increasing "human footprint".
Osmia_calaminthae

Florida’s Long-Lost Blue Bee Has Been Rediscovered

There is a type of bee known as the blue bee (Osmia calaminthae), commonly called as the blue calamintha bee. Unlike the typical bees, they are somewhat blue in colour. It is a rare species of honey bees that are living in Florida, are considered as the critically imperiled by Naturesevere

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The Great Migration – Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth

The wildebeest migration is one of the world's most spectacular natural events that occurs annually in East Africa's Serengeti-Mara ecosystem. Every year over 1.5 million wildebeest, zebras, and other grazing animals make a circular journey in search of food and water.
Western Tiger Swallowtail

Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus)

The Western Tiger Swallowtail are butterflies that belong to the popular ‘swallowtail’ group that is well-known for their vibrant coloration and characteristic triangular wings,
emperor tamarin

Emperor Tamarin (Saguinus imperator)

Emperor tamarins (saguinus imperator) are small monkeys native to the southwest Amazon Basin. They are easily identified by their long, white whiskers that look like a mustache.
Cnemaspis_umashaankeri

A New Species of rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Biligirirangan Hills of Southern India

A group of Indian researches described a new species of small-sized (SVL 24.6–28.8 mm) rupicolous Cnemaspis from the Biligirirangan Hills (BR Hills), Karnataka based on morphology and molecular (mitochondrial 16S and ND2) data

World Largest Mangrove Forest in Sundarbans

The Sundarbans, the world's largest single-track mangrove forest, is located in the southern coast of Bangladesh and northeastern India.

Alpaca Wool Banned by Columbia Sportswear

Columbia Sportswear, the famous outdoor apparel brand has announced a ban on alpaca fur following the campaigning efforts of PETA, an animal rights organization
Platylestes_kirani

A New Species of Platylestes Selys (Odonata: Zygoptera: Lestidae) From the Coastal Area of...

Platylestes kirani sp. nov. is described from the coastal areas of the northern part of Kerala (Kannur District) in southern India. Platylestes Selys, 1862 is a genus of stalk-winged damselflies in the family Lestidae
Vanilla_Tiendatii

New Climbing Orchid Found From Vietnam; Vanilla tiendatii

Vanilla tiendatii is a newly discovered species for science from Limestone Mountain (elevation 300–400 m a.s.l.) of Quang Binh province in North Vietnam.