Police in northern India are searching lists of missing children to try to identify a girl believed to have been living with monkeys. The little girl, aged between eight and 10, was found a few weeks ago in a forest…
Category: Wildlife
Backing for UK councils to reduce grass-cutting to save bees
London, April 6 – Over 80 per cent (81%) of the public back calls for councils to help Britain’s under-threat bees by cutting areas of grass less often in parks and roadside verges to allow wild flowers to grow, a…
New population of rare tigers found in Thailand
A new breeding population of the critically endangered Indochinese tiger has been found in a national park in eastern Thailand, conservationists say. Camera traps discovered a small population with at least six cubs in the jungle. Poaching and the loss…
Indonesian man’s body found inside python – police
A missing Indonesian man was found dead inside the body of a python, according to local police. Akbar went missing on Sunday on the island of Sulawesi, after leaving to harvest palm oil. In the search for the 25-year-old, police…
Catch stray dogs!
Stray dogs are now frequently seen freely wondering in different parts of the metropolis. Some days back I read a news report stating some stray dogs attacked a police officer’s house in some district and killed his goats. Even in…
‘Narcissistic’ bird becomes Internet star
When wildlife expert Caitlin Raynor saw a bird mesmerised with its reflection, she feared people might be concerned. So she posted a note above it. “I’m a bush stone-curlew,” the message explained. “I’m fine. I just like to stare at…
Science unravels spiders’ monstrous food web
The world’s spiders eat 400-800 million tonnes of insects every year—equivalent to the amount of meat and fish that humans consume over the same period, a study said Tuesday. In the first analysis of its kind, researchers used data from…
Oldest croc eggs discovered in dinosaur nest
The oldest crocodilian eggs known to science have been discovered in the cliffs of western Portugal. They are so well preserved that they give an insight into the “mother croc” that laid them 152 million years ago. The prehistoric crocodile…
Friends save spear fisherman from shark mauling off Australia
A shark badly mauled a man spearfishing Saturday in northern Queensland leaving him in serious condition after friends saved his life by pulling him aboard their boat, the ambulance service said. The 26-year-old suffered severe blood loss with multiple bites…
Sykes’s Nightjar bird spotted in Bangladesh: IUCN
Dhaka, Feb 18 – A new species of — Sykes’s Nightjar — has been spotted for the first time in Bangladesh showing a change in its distribution range. Sykes’s Nightjar (Caprimulgus mahrattensis), is a semi-desert species of bird, is generally…
Trump’s wall puts wildlife at risk
More than 50 animal species that share the US-Mexico border ecosystem are in danger. Since 2011, researchers have warned that the number would increase if barriers grow. One study found that barriers affect the movement of animals, not undocumented people…
Hundreds NZ whales refloat on high, go to sea
More than 200 whales stranded on a remote beach in New Zealand on Saturday have refloated themselves and returned to sea. But conservation officials have warned that they could still turn back to the beach at Farewell Spit, South Island.…
Bees stop South Africa v Sri Lanka play in third ODI
A swarm of bees stopped play midway through Sri Lanka’s innings in the third one-day international against South Africa in Johannesburg.
India mourns one of its oldest elephants, Indira
One of the world’s oldest elephants, Indira, has died in her eighties in southern India, forest officials say. She had been unwell and stopped eating earlier this month.
Jallikattu bullfighting set to resume in Tamil Nadu
The Indian federal government has cleared the way for bullfighting events to resume in southern Tamil Nadu state, bypassing a Supreme Court ban.Subduing angry bulls has long been practised in the state as a sport and a ritual that forms…
4 poachers jailed in Khulna
A mobile court on Wednesday sentenced four people, arrested with 700 slaughtered birds of different species from Katenga area in Terokhada upazila on Tuesday, to three-month imprisonment.They are—Saiful Islam, 29, Mushfiq Islam, 22, Alauddin Mollah of Kachikata village and Lacchu,…
Human chain against monkeys of Sylhet city
Dhaka, Jan 16 – Residents of Ambarkhana area in Sylhet city, in the northeastern part of Bangladesh, have urged the authorities to take necessary steps for stopping the annoyances created by monkeys.
‘Star Wars gibbon’ is new primate species
A gibbon living in the tropical forests of south west China is a new species of primate, scientists have concluded. The animal has been studied for some time, but new research confirms it is different from all other gibbons. It…
Global protest day for Sunderbans observed in many countries
Dhaka – The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, and Power, Port has threatened to enforce a half-day shutdown in Dhaka on Jan 26 if the Rampal power plant project near the Sundarbans is not scrapped. Oil-Gas Committee…
World’s oldest known killer whale Granny dies
The world’s oldest known killer whale, affectionately known as Granny, is missing and presumed dead, researchers say. This matriarch orca’s official name was J2; she was a focal point of a 2016 BBC Radio 4 science documentary. The programme followed…
World’s oldest known killer whale Granny dies
The world’s oldest known killer whale, affectionately known as Granny, is missing and presumed dead, researchers say.Estimated to be over 100 years old, the matriarch’s official name was J2.She was the focal point of a recent BBC documentary that followed…
World’s oldest male panda dies
Pan Pan, the world’s oldest male panda has died in China aged 31, six months after being diagnosed with cancer. His more than 130 descendants account for a quarter of the world’s captive-bred panda population. Born in the wild in…
Birds migrating earlier as temperatures rise
Migrating birds are arriving at their breeding grounds earlier as global temperatures rise, a study has found. Birds have reached their summer breeding grounds on average about one day earlier per degree of increasing global temperatures, according to the research…
Cheetahs, world’s fastest land animal, racing towards extinction
(CNN)Only about 7,100 cheetahs remain in the world and their numbers are quickly dwindling, putting them at risk of extinction, according to new research.
Wild animal death rate rises at Lawachhara: Survey
Wildlife researchers have expressed concerns over the high death rate of wild animals at Lawachhara National Park caused by various reasons, including the movement of locomotives on rail tracks and speedy vehicles on roads in and around the forest.Wild animals…
Giraffes facing ‘silent extinction’ as population plunges
By Matt McGrath A dramatic drop in giraffe populations over the past 30 years has seen the world’s tallest land mammal classified as vulnerable to extinction. Numbers have gone from around 155,000 in 1985 to 97,000 in 2015 according to…
Private sector must come forward to save Royal Bengal tigers: Experts
Dhaka-Experts at dialogue stressed the need for engaging the private sector in the conservation of tigers, their natural habitat and the Sundarbans mangrove forest.
Shark attacks surfer in Australia
A man suffered foot and arm injuries after being attacked by a shark while surfing off Australia’s east coast on Thursday, authorities said. The 65-year-old managed to swim ashore and raise the alarm, before being airlifted to hospital in a…
Making bird nests gives Bangladesh families livelihood, self-reliance
Benapole – Weaving decorative bird nests has turned out to be a life changing endeavour for some women in several areas of Jessore Sadar upazila in Southwest Bangladesh as they have become self-dependent by selling the handicraft product. In Kachua,…
Thousands demand scrap of Bangladesh coal-fired plant
Dhaka – Thousands of protesters gathered in the Bangladesh capital Saturday, demanding the government scrap a massive coal-fired power plant they say will destroy the world’s largest mangrove forest.