Species News

Today, the wildlife species are getting Endangered and Endemic. These Parks and Reserves are made to protect the Endemic/Endangered species. There are many Reserves/Parks in India, some of them are:

Learn about the world's tallest flying birds, such as the Common Crane, which soars to 33,000 feet, and the Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, which holds the record at 37,000 feet. The Whooper Swan reaches 27,000 feet, while the Bar-headed Goose soars over the Himalayas at 29,500 feet. The Mallard, Andean Condor, and Alpine Chough are a few other acrobatic birds that have acclimated to extremely high altitudes.

In India, strict regulations prohibit owning certain exotic animals to protect biodiversity and prevent ecological imbalance. Tigers, elephants, Indian Star Tortoises, macaws, and owls are among the species protected under wildlife laws, emphasizing conservation and ethical concerns.

The researchers found a consistent trend that for many animals, the thermal exposure threshold will be crossed for much of their geographic range within the same decade.

The researchers looked at a brain region that is unique to primates and essential for higher-order cognition The human-specific microglia type exists throughout development and adulthood

Participants who played the Phylo game were not just remembering iconic species like the blue whale and sea otter, but things like phytoplankton, zooplankton and mycorrhizal fungi.

The extravagant lengths that males will go to bed a member of the opposite sex can come at the risk of extinction for some species, researchers said Wednesday.

The discoveries, detailed in a paper published in science journal, are extremely rare in the US. reports Xinhua news agency.

Scientists have discovered a new species of 71 million-year-old bird-like dinosaur in Canada that is roughly the size of a human.

Calling the loss of wildlife a "biological annihilation" that represents a "frightening assault on the foundations of human civilisation", they say billions of regional or local populations have been lost.

In a major boost to the species survival, 39 Burmese roofed turtles -- one of the rarest turtles in existence -- have hatched from 44 viable eggs in Limpha village.  

The Plant Discoveries 2016 - a compilation published by BSI on June 5 - reveals 206 species as new to science, and 113 species having new distributional record for India.

Scientists believe that modern human and common chimpanzee/bonobo lineages split about eight million years ago with the two great ape species splitting about two million years ago.

The zoo, located 6 kms away from the township of Dimapur, is also home to the majestic Bengal Tiger and the great Indian hornbill that has remained a major attraction for many visitors, who throng the park to get an overview of the wildlife species.

Researchers have revealed that spiders wipe out an estimated 400-800 million tonnes of prey every year, compared to an estimated 280-500 million tonnes of prey that the world's whales eat.

The new species which measures just about two centimetres and was found in the Peruvian Andes, South America.

This is because current thinking assumes that when a species vanishes, its role within an environment is lost too.

According to a report published on Tuesday, the newly discovered species that are small enough to sit on a fingernail were there in abundance but had likely been overlooked because of their size.

Over 3,55,000 eggs have been laid by Olive Ridley sea turtles within a week of mass nesting in Rushikulya river mouth of Ganjam coast, which is an all-time record. 

Bao Bao, who was born on August 23, 2013 at the Washington zoo, will be welcomed aboard the FedEx Panda Express for safe travels to her new home - Chengdu - in China on February 21.