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How Diclofenac Nearly Drove India's Vultures to Extinction, and What the Recovery Programme Has Actually Achieved

The drug that emptied the skyThrough the 1990s, vulture populations across South Asia fell off a cliff so steeply that ornithologists initially suspected a new disease. The Gyps vulture, the genus that includes the white-rumped, long-billed, and slender-billed species, had been among the most numerous large raptors on earth. Surveys…

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The Indian Skimmer Is One of India's Most Endangered River Birds, Only the Chambal Can Save It

A bill built for one thing, and one thing onlyThe Indian Skimmer (Rynchops albicollis) has a lower mandible that is measurably longer than its upper one, a trait so rare among birds globally that only three skimmer species in the world share it. It flies low over calm water, lower…

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Lesser vs Greater Flamingo: Why India's Sewage Ponds Have Become a Pink Sanctuary

Two birds, one glance, and where the differences actually areStand at the edge of Thane Creek on a winter morning and you will see tens of thousands of flamingos turning the water pink. What you almost certainly won't do, without a field guide and some patience, is correctly sort them…

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India Wildlife Safari Planning: What First-Timers Miss Before Booking a Tiger Reserve

The Permit System Will Confuse You the First TimeEvery national park in India divides its core zone into numbered safari zones, and each zone has a fixed daily quota of jeeps. Ranthambore, for instance, has six zones in its core area. Zones 1, 2, and 3 sit closer to the…

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Why Mumbai's Flamingos Thrive in Sewage Wetlands: What Their Survival Tells Us About Adaptation

A Beak Built for the Worst Water in the RoomThe lesser flamingo, Phoeniconaias minor, pumps its inverted beak roughly 20 times per second when feeding. Inside that beak sit rows of fine hair-like structures called lamellae, a biological filtration system so precise it can isolate cyanobacteria and microscopic algae from…

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House Sparrows Are Disappearing From Indian Cities and What Their Decline Signals About Urban Life

A species built for human proximityPasser domesticus evolved alongside human settlements. For roughly 10,000 years, it has lived in the gaps we leave, roof eaves, wall cavities, the space behind a loose brick. Unlike migratory birds that pass through, the house sparrow is a resident. It does not leave a…

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Back from brink: India's vultures stage comeback as captive-breeding, release efforts gather pace

Vultures are making a comeback in India after a two-decade decline, with over 700 birds bred in captivity and released into protected tiger reserves. This initiative, led by BNHS and state governments, aims to reverse the impact of toxic veterinary drugs. Encouraging survival and dispersal patterns are being observed, but…

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Asian Waterbird Census to enumerate avian species in 12 habitats in Godavari estuary in Andhra Pradesh

Asian Waterbird Census to enumerate avian species in 12 habitats in Godavari estuary in Andhra Pradesh. The census will commence on January 5. A majority of the area to be covered in the two-day exercise falls within the Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary.

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Endangered Indian Skimmers flock to Bhairavapalem mudflat in Andhra Pradesh for winter sojourn

.Record number of 320 endangered Indian Skimmers sighted at Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, Kakinada coast, Andhra Pradesh.

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Is India’s new airport in Mumbai safe? Bird strike experts say no

Activists say site for Navi Mumbai International Airport is dangerously close to bird sanctuaries and roosting spots.

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T.N.’s Ramsar bounty: Cruising on wetland wealth

There is unbridled joy in Tamil Nadu with the announcement of 10 Ramsar sites in the State. But that joy must be tempered with responsibility and constant monitoring, and a continuing commitment to choosing environment-friendly policies

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