South Africa to send over 100 cheetahs to India
New Delhi/IBNS: India will get more than 100 cheetahs from South Africa in an ambitious plan to relocate the wild cats, media reports said.
Jammu and Kashmir: Long tailed Duck 'Clangula Hyemalis' sighted in Wular Lake after 84-yrs
Srinagar: After a long gap of 84-years, a rare specie of long tailed Duck 'Clangula Hyemalis' has been sighted in the Wular Lake in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district, much to the delight of Ornithologists, nature lovers and bird watchers.
Assam: Deepor Beel records more than 26,000 birds of 97 species
A recent bird count in the freshwater lake Deepor Beel has shown there has been a significant rise in the number and species of birds in a year’s time.
Assam: Rhino chases tourist convoy in Kaziranga National Park
Guwahati/IBNS: In a scary video which went viral on social media, a rhino is seen chasing a tourist convoy at Assam's Kaziranga National Park.
No rhino poaching case in Assam in 2022: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati/IBNS: For the first time in the last two decades, Assam has witnessed zero rhino poaching incidents in the year 2022, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said.
10-year-old girl dies in leopard attack in Maharashtra's Kolhapur
Kolhapur/UNI: A 10-year-old girl was mauled to death by a leopard at Kedarlingwadi In Shahuwadi tehsil of Kohlapur district in Maharashtra on Wednesday.
COP27: Protecting biodiversity is protecting the Paris Agreement
New York: For many years the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis have been treated as separate issues, but the reality – as highlighted on Wednesday at COP27– is that there is no viable route to limiting global warming to 1.5°C without urgently protecting and restoring nature.
Five lions escape from Sydney zoo
Sydney/UNI: Five lions have sparked a brief emergency at an Australian zoo after escaping from their enclosure.
Jammu and Kashmir hosts bird festival
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Department of Tourism and the Sanctuary Nature Foundation (SNF) recently hosted the Jammu and Kashmir Bird Festival 2022 here.
Assam: Forest officials rescue two elephants stuck in a well in Mariani
Guwahati: Two elephants, including a calf, stuck in a well were rescued by forest officials with the help of locals at Mariani area in Assam’s Jorhat district.
PM Modi releases 8 Namibian cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh national park on 72nd birthday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his 72nd birthday by releasing eight cheetahs from Namibia in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park Saturday in an ambitious project to reintroduce the animals in the South Asian nation after their extinction some 70 years ago.
Gwalior: As many as eight cheetahs have arrived in India from Namibia and soon they will be released in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.
Eight Namibian cheetahs to be ferried to India on Sept 17
Windhoek/IBNS: Eight Namibian cheetahs will be ferried to India in the Boeing 747-400 flight after which they will be released by PM Narendra Modi at Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park on Sept.17.
Three people, including a child, die in wild elephant attack along Assam-Meghalaya border
Guwahati: At least three people, including a child, were killed in a wild elephant attack in Assam’s Goalpara district along the Assam-Meghalaya border on Monday.
India inks MoU with Namibia to bring Cheetahs back after 70 years of extinction
New Delhi: Seventy years after cheetahs went extinct in India, the wild cats are set to roam the country's forests once again, starting with Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.