Tag: Wildlife

Claudine Zap

Chittagong Zoo does not even have a Royal Bengal Tiger, Bangladesh’s national animal, for about a year now.

With just about 3,200 tigers left in the world today, very soon the endangered species is likely to vanish from the face of the earth and live only in William Blake’s poem, like the dinosaurs that live only in stories…

Lohagara thana police arrested six bird hunters and seized 280 slaughtered ‘shalik’ (a small yellow breasted singing country bird) from Gopinathpur village in the early hours of Sunday.

Coliform bacteria have been found in drinking water of eighty-seven percent hotels and restaurants in the six districts of Barisal division including the divisional, district towns and tourist zones.

High tide water of the Meghna flooded some ten villages of Dhigournagour and Lord Hardinge unions of Lalmohan upazila in Bhola district for the fourth time.

Study finds that contrary to popular opinion, cheetah don’t overheat during hunts. But their body temperature rises after successful hunts due to stress that another predator may seize their prey.

Rebecca Morelle

Michelle Warwicker, BBC Nature

The National Institute of Health, the largest funder of medical research in the US, is planning to stop using chimpanzees in laboratory experiments. But where will the chimpanzees go and how will it affect scientific research?

Flood situation in Shahzadpur upazila in Pabna still remains unchanged although water of the Jumuna river has started receding.

Two Australian businessmen backed by a university research project have launched what they claim to be the first shark-repellent wetsuits.

Water level of all the 16 rivers in Kurigram district including the Brahmaputra, Dharla, Teesta, Dudkumor and Sonavory have been risen sharply creating flash flood due to torrential rain and on rush of water from the upstream for the last…

The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Greece, warning that jellyfish blooms have been reported and for people to heed local advice.

Tourist Samantha Pittendrigh captures incredible video on her mobile phone at Kruger National Park in South Africa

Every year hundreds of baby loggerhead turtles hatch on the beaches of the Caribbean and journey towards the ocean. This year one group of baby turtles on the Dutch-controlled island of Bonair needed a little help.

At least 50 thousand people of Morrelganj upazila in the district have been facing untold sufferings for the last one week as they were marooned due to water logging created for the onrush of the water of the river Panguchi…

From: Allison Winter, ENN

Severe food crisis has kept the lives of more than 50 animals of different species in danger at Tengragiri eco-park in Taltoli of Barguna district.

Nairobi – The annual migration of an estimated 50 billion birds—  around 19 per cent of the world’s 10,000 bird species—is one of the world’s great natural wonders, yet the critical staging areas migratory birds need to complete these journeys…

Ordinarily, invasive and exotic species are a grave threat to native wildlife: outcompeting local species, introducing parasites and disease, and disturbing local ecological regimes. A unique case in the Brazilian Pantanal, however, has turned the tables; here, an introduced mammal…

Bangladesh is to launch a census of tigers this month living in the world’s largest mangrove forest in a bid to determine the full extent of the threat to their survival, AFP reported citing scientists.

Ramesh Prasad Bhushal Body parts of more than 1,400 tigers have been seized across Asia in last 13 years, which is about half of the world’s total population of wild tigers (estimated at 3,200).

Researchers in Australia have reached a major milestone in resurrecting a unique species of frog that gives birth through its mouth, and vanished into extinction 30 years ago.

Several freshwater turtle and tortoise species are to be afforded greater protection as a result of successful conservation talks at the CITES meeting in Bangkok, Thailand.

Bangkok, Thailand – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today pledged to end ivory trade in Thailand, seizing a key opportunity to stem global wildlife trafficking. Her statement came after the call of nearly 1.5 million WWF and Avaaz supporters.

Allison Winter, ENN With a small and declining population due to forest clearing and overhunting in New Guinea, the western long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijnii) is listed as “Critically Endangered” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of…