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The Habitats Trust Lauded Wildlife Conservation Efforts as it announced Wi
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The Habitats Trust, founded by Roshni Nadar Malhotra, Chairperson of HCLTech announced the recipients of The Habitats Trust Grants 2022 today at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. The Habitats Trust Grants is an annual initiative by The Habita
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Research: Wood-eating clams use their feces to dominate habitat
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers didn't know what to make of sunken pieces of wood that were so thoroughly chewed up by clams that the wood crumbled in their hands. It turns out, the super-chewer wood-eating clams had a secret weapon for forcing out other species. The clams, who have special adaptations that let
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Study: Extinct 'monkey lemur' shows similarities to fossil humans
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Analysis of teeth of extinct lemurs has revealed fascinating clues to the evolution of humans, a University of Otago study has found.
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Study reveals which animals we classify as 'friends' or 'food'
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The findings of a new study have cast more light on the species of nonhuman animals that we see as 'friends,' 'food,' and those 'worth fighting for.'
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Routes for smuggling wildlife across countries often the ones used to traf
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The porous international borders with Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, China and other Southeast Asian countries, and a growing aviation market make the fight against the illegal wildlife trade increasingly difficult in India, said the report which was released by Union Finance Minister Sitharama
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Rajya Sabha passes Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2022
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2022 which is intended to amend the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 to incorporate more species protected under the law.
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Warming climate spurs harmful oxygen loss in lakes: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New research shows a continually warming world is leading to extended, late-summer weeks of water stratification in lakes, which prompts oxygen deprivation in the water provoking conditions called hypoxia (low oxygen) and anoxia (no oxygen) and negative consequences for fish and other specie
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Research: Small fish species could play big role in fight against malnutri
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Inexpensive, small fish species caught in seas and lakes in developing countries could help close nutritional gaps for undernourished people, especially young children, according to new research.
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Understanding cryptic role fungi play in ecosystems
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
When you say "fungi," most people think of mushrooms, showy fruiting bodies, but most fungi do not produce mushrooms. It is estimated that there are approximately 3 to 13 million fungal species on Earth, many of which are microscopic in size.
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Mouse deer enters mating phase in shortest time after childbirth: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a study conducted as part of a species conservation program for the endangered Mouse deer, they enter estrus in the shortest amount of time after childbirth.
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Cheetah marking trees are hotspots for communication also for other specie
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Marking trees are important hotspots of communication for cheetahs: Here they exchange information with and about other cheetahs via scent marks, urine and scats.
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Despite peculiarities, conservation challenges similar in Madagascar, Braz
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Nature in Madagascar, an island off southeast Africa slightly larger than metropolitan France, is so unusual that 82 per cent of its plant species and 90 per cent of its vertebrates are endemic, only occurring there. Living amidst this unique biodiversity is a population so deprived that the
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