Monday, December 16, 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".
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
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.

“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.
Monarch Butterfly

Monarch Butterfly Numbers Drop Down Again

Monarch butterflies are already being spotted in numerous Texas locations as they travel from overwintering grounds in Mexico, but numbers appear to be down significantly from 300 million last...

Chinese Government Recommending Bear Bile Injections to Treat Corona Virus

It is unbelievable to hear that China government has reportedly recommended that using an injection containing bear bile, to treat severe and critical corona virus cases after permanently ban the trade and consumption of live wild animals for food less than one month.

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....

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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.