Royal Bengal Tiger strayed out of Orang creates panic in village area
Mar 27, 2019, at 04:50 pm
Guwahati, Mar 27 (IBNS): A Royal Bengal Tiger strayed out of the Orang National Park in Assam and created panic in the nearby villages.
Villagers catch 8-feet-long python in Assam
Mar 26, 2019, at 03:30 pm
Guwahati, Mar 26 (IBNS): Local villagers have caught a 8-feet-long python in Assam’s Darrang district on Tuesday.
Ponnampet: Tiger cub strangulated to death
Mar 19, 2019, at 05:56 pm
Madikeri, Mar 19(UNI) A one- year-old tiger cub was strangulated to death in a snare laid for wild boars at Ponnampet territorial range in the district.
Nepal: Woman killed in rhino attack
Mar 19, 2019, at 04:36 pm
Kathmandu, Mar 19 (IBNS): A woman was killed when a rhino attacked her in eastern Chitwan area of Afghanistan on Tuesday, media reports said.
Wild fire in Bandipur Tiger Reserve and surroundings under control: CM H D Kumaraswamy
Feb 27, 2019, at 06:19 pm
Chamarajanagara, Feb 27 (UNI) Karnataka chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday conducted an aerial survey of the damages to the Bandipur national park and Tiger Reserve ad surrounding forests and said the forest fire was brought under control.
Leopard crossing highway run over in Jalal Shivar
Feb 21, 2019, at 04:34 pm
Nashik, Feb 21 (UNI) A two-and-half-year old leopard was killed in an accident in Jalal Shivar on Malegaon-Kopargaon state highway in the wee hours of Thursday.
Maharashtra: Leopard seen at Thane shopping mall, caught from basement of nearby hotel
Feb 20, 2019, at 03:55 pm
Thane, Feb 20 (IBNS): A shock and surprise was waiting for people of Thane on Wednesday morning when a leopard was found lurking at a popular shopping mall and a hotel in the area.
Bees have brains for basic maths: study
Feb 09, 2019, at 09:31 am
New York, Feb 9 (IBNS): Researchers have found bees can do basic mathematics, in a discovery that expands our understanding of the relationship between brain size and brain power.
Poor diet may have caused nosedive in major Atlantic seabird nesting colony
Feb 04, 2019, at 06:33 pm
London, Feb 4 (IBNS): The observed population crash in a colony of sooty terns, tropical seabirds in one of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs), is partly due to poor diet, research led by the University of Birmingham has found.
Captain Amarinder Singh names Indus River Dolphin as the 'State Aquatic Animal' of Punjab
Feb 01, 2019, at 06:27 pm
Amritsar, Feb 1 (IBNS): State Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday named Indus River Dolphin as the State Aquatic Animal of Punjab.
A herd of 100 wild elephants create havoc in Assam’s Kaliabor
Dec 30, 2018, at 10:47 am
Guwahati, Dec 30 (IBNS): The wild elephant menace continues in Assam as a herd of over 100 wild elephants created havoc at Kaliabor area in central Assam’s Nagaon district recently.
Rare species of spider with human face found in Assam
Dec 29, 2018, at 03:18 pm
Guwahati, Dec 29 (IBNS): You believe it or not, but it is true that some species of spiders with a human face have been discovered in Assam.
Bizarre fad to play with deadly cobras costs life of Bihar youth
Dec 26, 2018, at 03:28 pm
Patna, Dec 26 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): The bizarre obsession to play with a deadly snakes and then get photographed with the reptiles has ultimately cost the life of a youth in Bihar.
Patna zoo closed after six peacocks die from H5N1 virus
Dec 26, 2018, at 03:12 pm
Patna, Dec 26 (The Bihar Post/ IBNS): The Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park at Patna in Bihar has been closed till further order after detection of deadly H5N1 virus which has left six peacocks dead so far.
Goods train runs over three lions in Gir forest
Dec 18, 2018, at 07:43 pm
Ahmedabad, Dec 18 (IBNS): A train ran over and killed three Asiatic lions in western India's Gir forest shortly after midnight on Tuesday, reports said.
Poachers kill one- horned rhino in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park
Dec 15, 2018, at 02:01 pm
Guwahati, Dec 15 (IBNS) : Poachers killed another one-horned rhino in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park on Friday night.
New report on the impact of plastic on migratory waterbirds presented to governments at AEWA MOP7
Dec 08, 2018, at 09:53 pm
Durban, Dec 8 (IBNS): Plastic seems to be on everyone’s lips these days, and we certainly don’t mean single-use straws. Global production of plastic has increased to more than 300 million tons a year, and some staggering 13 m tons of it ends up in the ocean.
Dec 07, 2018, at 12:20 pm
Sedro Woolley, WA, USA: State, federal, and partner biologists released six fishers this week in the Skagit River watershed of Ross Lake National Recreation Area, a unit of the North Cascades National Park Service Complex, as part of an effort to restore the species to Washington State of USA.
Wild elephant herd kill four people in Assam’s West Karbi Anglong district
Dec 04, 2018, at 07:01 pm
Guwahati, Dec 4 (IBNS): The man-elephant conflict has reached alarming proportions in Assam.
Security forces arrest a poacher in Assam’s Baksa district
Dec 01, 2018, at 12:57 pm
Guwahati, Dec 1 (IBNS) : Security forces on Saturday arrested a poacher in Assam’s Baksa district.
The good leopards of Mumbai's urban forest
Nov 24, 2018, at 03:53 pm
A unique collaborative initiative between citizens, wildlife researchers and the forest department is monitoring and collecting data on wildlife, particularly leopards, in Aarey Milk Colony in Mumbai. Mongabay India writers Aditi Tandon and Kartik Chandramouli report on the man-animal co-existence
I am deeply saddened by the way tigress Avni was brutally murdered: Maneka Gandhi
Nov 04, 2018, at 06:38 pm
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IBNS): Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Sunday attacked Maharashtra government over the killing of a tigress in the state.
Man-eater tigress Avni shot dead in Maharashtra
Nov 03, 2018, at 04:09 pm
Mumbai, Nov 3 (IBNS): A man-eater tigress was killed in Maharashtra's Borati-Warud area on Friday, media reports said.
WWF report reveals staggering extent of human impact on planet
Oct 30, 2018, at 05:14 pm
New York, Oct 30 (IBNS): Humanity and the way we feed, fuel and finance our societies and economies is pushing nature and the services that power and sustain us to the brink, according to WWF’s Living Planet Report 2018.
Fruit fly study challenges theories on evolution and high carb diets
Oct 28, 2018, at 03:59 pm
Sydney, Oct 28 (IBNS): UNSW fruit fly research challenges the neutral theory of molecular evolution and suggests one day we may be prescribed diets according to our genes.
Affable apes apt to live longer, study shows
Oct 10, 2018, at 05:29 pm
Edinburgh, Oct 10 (IBNS): Male chimps that are less aggressive and form strong social bonds tend to live longer, research suggests.
Blood test could aid cattle health and productivity, finds study
Sep 19, 2018, at 03:58 pm
London, Sept 19 (IBNS): A simple blood test could be used in the future to predict the health and productivity of dairy cows, research shows.
Two wild elephants in Assam die in lightning
Aug 07, 2018, at 02:56 pm
Guwahati, Aug 7 (IBNS): Two wild elephants have died when they were struck by lightning in central Assam’s Hojai district, officials said on Tuesday.
Tigers should be conserved: Maneka Gandhi
Jul 29, 2018, at 09:21 pm
New Delhi, July 29 (IBNS): Union minister of women and child development, Maneka Gandhi on Sunday said the society should ensure that tigers are conserved and their habitats are not encroached upon.
Pregnancy loss occurs in 26 percent of Zika-infected monkeys
Jul 07, 2018, at 08:06 pm
New York, July 7 (IBNS): Fetal death in utero occurred in more than one-fourth of monkeys infected in the laboratory with Zika virus in early pregnancy, according to new research published in Nature Medicine.