Wild jumbo brings traffic to a standstill in Guwahati
Apr 30, 2019, at 10:38 pm
Guwahati, Apr 30 (IBNS): A wild elephant terrorised the Guwahati city on Tuesday evening.
Indian Army's Moutaineering Expedition Team sights 'Yeti' footprints, shares online
Apr 30, 2019, at 08:34 am
New Delhi, Apr 30 (IBNS): The Indian Army on Monday said its Moutaineering Expedition Team has discovered the footprints of the mythical beast 'Yeti' close to Makalu Base Camp.
Gujarat: Lioness dies in Jamvala rescue center
Apr 20, 2019, at 03:58 pm
Junagadh, Apr 20 (UNI) A lioness died in Jamvala rescue center in Gir Gadhada taluka of Gir Somnath district in Gujarat on Saturday.
One of four remaining Yangtze turtle die in China
Apr 15, 2019, at 03:22 pm
Beijing, Apr 15 (UNI) One of the world's rarest turtles, a Yangtze giant softshell, has died in China, leaving just three remaining.
Nagaland: Two wild elephants electrocuted
Apr 10, 2019, at 05:34 pm
Kohima, Apr 10 (UNI) A day after the volunteers Green-Succession of Nagaland State (Green-SONS), a conservation group from Wokha district and youths of Sanis town rescued an elephant calf, two wild adult elephants were found electrocuted in Sanis area of the district yesterday.
Eight-year-old elephant shot dead by poachers
Apr 06, 2019, at 04:09 pm
Madikeri, Karnataka, Apr 6 (UNI) A eight year-old elephant was allegedly shot dead at a village in Virajpet forest division in the Kodagu district of Karnataka.
Maharashtra: Tiger cub to be discharged from hospital in Thane
Apr 06, 2019, at 06:56 am
Thane, Apr 5 (UNI): On the occasion of Gudi Padwa, 3 months old baby Tiger is ready for discharge after successful treatment of two months at Bai Jerbai Wadia.
Mumbai: Leopard trapped at Marol in Andheri
Apr 01, 2019, at 04:54 pm
Mumbai, Apr 1 (UNI) A leopard which had inadvertently entered the premises of Woodland Crest building at Marol in Andheri on Monday was trapped by the Forest department after a marathon four hour long operation.
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.