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Plant species important for promoting biodiversity in grasslands: Study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 29 (ANI): Temperate grasslands are the most endangered but least protected ecosystems on the Earth. Researchers found that milkweeds and other plants that have seeds carried by the wind are an important source for enriching the diversity of plants in these valuable
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Honeybees responsible for decreasing population of bumblebees: study
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], July 6 (ANI): There are several species that are staring at the risk of extinction. One such species is that of bumblebees that are on the verge of extinction because of diseases spread by domestic honeybees, reports a recent study.
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Sindh: Pangolins on verge of extinction owing to surging Chinese demand
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): The rising demand for Pangolin meat among Chinese nationals living in Karachi, consolidated by illegal trade flourishing along new routes to China, have brought this endangered species on the verge of extinction in Pakistan's Sindh province.
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Sea turtle population increasing: Study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Apr 25 (ANI): A recent study claims that endangered turtle (Hawksbill & Green turtle) population is increasing in Pacific coral reefs.
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18 tonnes of red sanders worth Rs 9 crore seized in Chennai
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): A team of Customs Department on Friday seized a container with 18 tonnes of red sanders, a category of wood classified by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as "endangered" under Red list, worth Rs 9 crore from a truck her
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Salman Khan’s appeal against verdict in blackbuck poaching case postponed
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Jodhpur (Rajasthan) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): The appeal on behalf of actor Salman Khan against the CJM Roral Court order in the Blackbuck case has been adjourned till April 3. The actor had challenged his five-year jail sentence for killing endangered blackbucks in 1998.
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Climate change may destroy Bengal tiger's home, study suggests
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 11 (ANI): Last coastal stronghold of an iconic predator, the endangered Bengal tiger, could be destroyed by climate change and rising sea levels over the next 50 years, a recent study claims.
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Fatal attraction: Rare Sumatran tiger kills potential mate on first date
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 9 (ANI): Call it being catty or lack of love, but an endangered Sumatran tiger was mauled to death at London Zoo on Friday, mere moments after it was introduced to a potential mate for the first time.
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Six vultures feeding by rail track run over by train
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India] Feb 2 (ANI): As many as six vultures feeding on a cow carcass by a railway track were run over by a train in West Bengal's Siliguri district.
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Endangered woods play no part in making better guitars: Study
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 28 (ANI): Some might believe that when it comes to a perfect acoustic guitar, wood matters but according to a recent study back wood has a negligible effect on the sound quality and playability of an acoustic guitar and that cheaper and sustainable woods can be use
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Now, a new mathematical model can help save species from extinction
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): One thing that species like the blue whale, Bengal tiger and the green turtle have in common is the fact that all three of them are at the brink of extinction and are classified as endangered species.
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Police arrest two men, seize endangered pangolin worth Rs 40 lakh
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra), [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Thane Crime Branch Unit has arrested two persons and seized a pangolin worth Rs 40 lakh from them, an official statement stated.
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