In a shocking discovery, several bats are dying due to wind turbines in Germany. Led by the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW), the study found that the increasing number of deaths of bats will harm the populations of their species. It will
The scientists at the Natural History Museum (NHM) have identified 503 new species in 2020, including scarab beetles from New Guinea, seaweed from the Falklands and a new species of monkey found on an extinct volcano in Myanmar. In 2020, the museum described species previously
The planet has been morphing with the changing climatic patterns and it is affecting every being of the earth. Many wildlife species are threatened and many are facing extinction due to these changes. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recently released an
Once the greater gliders, the world’s biggest gliding mammals, roamed the Australian lands freely. However, with the climate changes and human activities, the animal now falls in the category of endangered species. To the delight of conservationists, researchers have recently revealed that there are actually
A yellow-coloured turtle is truly a rare sight to behold. Recently, a yellow flapshell turtle was rescued from a pond in Burdwan village in West Bengal. This is second such incident this year, while the other yellow turtle was spotted in Balasore district of Odisha
While the coral reefs all around the globe are dying or are at the brink of extinction, scientists have found three new species of black coral on the seabed of the northern Pacific Ocean, an area where several countries have legal contracts to mine for
A team of conservationists has released 26 Tasmanian devils into a national park in eastern New South Wales (NSW), marking the first time the endangered species have returned to mainland Australia in 3,000 years. The world’s largest surviving marsupial carnivore, the Tasmanian devil, has been
The majestic Caspian Tigers once proudly roamed the lands of Central Asia, but have gone extinct half a century ago. These big cats strayed through most of the Northern provinces of Iran and on the border of former Soviet country Tajikistan. In the late 19th
While, the plight of the Great Barrier Reef makes us contemplate the impact of our actions on oceanic biodiversity, a newly discovered coral species in the Coral Sea seems like a ray of hope. Australian scientists have conducted a deep-sea study of the Reef off