Saturday, May 18, 2024
Whale

‘Yeah, I’m in trouble’: man who rescued a whale calf caught in Queensland shark...

A man who rescued a whale cub caught in the nets near the Gold Coast in a small boat has been fined $ 27,000. The man rescued the animal on Tuesday morning, as officials took more than two hours to respond."I saw the whale. I thought it was an easy task to rescue it," a rescue worker who asked not to be named told reporters. "Then I saw that he was in the net, but the task is not that much easy".
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

Almost a Third of Lemurs, European Hamster and North Atlantic Right Whale now Critically...

Hilton-Taylor of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) refers to the "huge" gap in biodiversity data as a copy of the Covid-19 pandemic. “We’ve lost a lot of valuable time in terms of oversight,” he says.

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

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.
Elephant

The World Elephant Day, 12th August 2020

Elephants are mammals of the family Elephantidae and the largest land animals currently exist in the world. They are intelligent and family-oriented animal species having a great memory
Papua-New-Guinea

New Guinea Named World’s Most Plant-Rich Island

New Guinea is the largest tropical island in the world, the second-largest island in the world that has fascinated naturalists for centuries, and is part of both eastern Papua New Guinea and western Indonesia.
Psammosilene tunicoides

Psammosilene tunicoides, A New Generic and Species Record for Thailand

The new record of Psammosilene tunicoides W.C.Wu & C.Y.Wu was discovered on a degraded calcareous substrate mountain in the western part of Thailand near the Thai-Myanmar border
Pictured: Saturn the alligator at his enclosure at Moscow Zoo in an undated photograp

A survivor of World War II, the alligator who was rumored wrongly that belong...

The Mississippi crocodilian Saturn, has died yesterday morning, after lived a life of more than 8 decades, as estimated. “He was eighty four years old - an awfully honorable age," the zoo said
Leopard frog

An Endangered Leopard Frogs Found in Unusual Places in the United States

A rare frog has been found southwest of Arizona in the United States beyond its known range.

Recent posts

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.