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Why Bharatpur's Keoladeo Wetland Is the Heartbeat of India's Painted Storks Nesting Colony

What the Painted Stork Actually IsMycteria leucocephala, the painted stork, carries one of the more misleading common names in Indian ornithology. It is not a true stork in the classical Ciconia sense but belongs to the genus Mycteria, a group of wading birds whose feeding technique sets them apart from…

Times Life · Jul 18

How Kites and Eagles Have Mastered Urban India's Shifting Food Chain Without Human Help

The thermal highway above hot concreteBlack kites (Milvus migrans) are among the most studied urban raptors on the planet, and India holds some of their densest city populations. A 2014 study published in PLOS ONE by researchers including Julien Martin found that black kites in cities exploit the same thermals…

Times Life · Jul 18

Professional angler needs 2 hands to reel in large catch in Texas. Then she notices something rarely seen

She's convinced.

We Got This Covered · Jul 18

In 1980, one of America's worst volcanic eruptions flattened this land. Now, 58 beavers have brought it back to life

Beavers have revitalized a Mount St. Helens wasteland into a thriving wetland. These industrious rodents created a vibrant ecosystem after the 1980 volcanic eruption. Now, a government project plans to raise a spillway crest by ten feet. This action could bury the beaver-created wetlands and destroy fish habitats. A landowner…

The Economic Times · Jul 17

Biodiversity fears as human-bred hybrid fish integrate into Philippines lake

Escaped flowerhorn cichlids are causing concern for native species and about parasites capable of infecting humans

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17

In 1948, Idaho dropped 76 beavers by parachute into remote wilderness, and they soon began building dams

In the autumn of 1948, a twin-engine plane flew low over the remote Chamberlain Basin in central Idaho and released a series of wooden crates, each fitted with a parachute and carrying a live beaver, into the wilderness below. It was not a stunt or an accident; it was a…

The Times of India · Jul 17

Four ageing dams were removed to restore the Klamath River, but wildfire crews now face a new challenge as the reservoirs disappear

Removing four ageing hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River was always going to be a delicate undertaking, but one complication came from a source that had nothing to do with fish or river ecology at all: wildfire. The dams' reservoirs had served for decades as a reliable water source for…

The Times of India · Jul 17

The role of recall elections in our political system

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Ballotpedia · Jul 17

In 1980, Mount St Helens buried a river valley in volcanic sediment. Then 58 beavers helped turn the wasteland into a thriving wetland

More than 40 years after the Mount St. Helens eruption buried a Washington river valley under volcanic sediment, 58 relocated beavers have helped restore the damaged landscape. Their dams and wetlands brought back native plants, fish and wildlife. However, conservationists fear a planned government project to raise a sediment retention…

The Times of India · Jul 17

EastEnders set broken into by YouTuber for third time in six years

In latest incident, a YouTuber who calls himself an ‘urban explorer’ could be seen entering the Queen Vic and wearing costumes found in the fish and chip shop

The Independent UK · Jul 17