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India's Largest Wild Bovine Is the Gaur, and Almost Nobody Knows This Massive Forest Giant Exists

The size nobody talks aboutA fully grown male gaur can stand 220 centimetres at the shoulder and weigh up to 1,500 kilograms. That is not a misprint. The gaur, classified as Bos gaurus, is the largest wild bovine on earth, heavier than the American bison, taller than the African buffalo,…

Times Life

Shovels for feet and blotting paper skin: the ‘little fat froggy’ facing a fight for survival

The desert rain frog, native to a narrow coastal strip of south-west Africa, has been classified as vulnerable on the IUCN red list, as its habitat is threatened by mining

The Guardian - UK

Species’ ingenious survival strategies no match for human destruction, red list reveals

Newly endangered animals include desert frogs and snails in extreme ocean depths, both threatened by mining

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The Great Hornbill's Nesting Ritual Is Unlike Anything Else in India's Bird World

A Bird That Walls Itself InThe female great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) does something no other bird in India does during breeding season: she enters a hollow tree, and the pair plasters the entrance shut with mud, droppings, and fruit pulp until only a narrow vertical slit remains. She stays inside…

Times Life

Why Vultures Are Irreplaceable Scavengers and What Their Extinction Means for India's Ecosystem

A stomach that kills anthraxVultures have gastric acid with a pH close to 1, among the most corrosive digestive environments measured in any vertebrate. A carcass infected with anthrax, botulinum toxin, or rabies virus passes through that acid and exits neutralised. No other scavenger in India's food web does this.…

Times Life

India restores 21.76 million hectares of deforested land, nears 84 per cent of Bonn Challenge target

India has made significant strides in land restoration. Between 2011 and 2020, over 21 million hectares of degraded land were restored, as reported by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This achievement brings India close to its 2030 target under the Bonn Challenge. Telangana leads the states in…

The Economic Times

Giving guitarfish a chance: one man’s mission to persuade fishers to farm giant snails instead

Marine biologist Issah Seidu has found a way for Ghana’s fishing communities to earn a living – and help protect the ancient and critically endangered fish species

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For sale: one cute baby gibbon – mother probably killed by poachers

Rising demand for exotic pets is pushing many gibbon species to extinction, with their strong family bonds making them especially vulnerable to the brutal trade

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The beloved emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal are now officially endangered. Here’s what can be done

In 1902, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott spotted a large group of large black and white birds at Ross Island, Antarctica. This was among the many milestones of Scott’s famous Discovery expedition: the first breeding colony of emperor penguins.

The Conversation

Drowned chicks and food scarcity: Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now endangered

The primary drivers are shrinking sea ice and warming oceans driven by climate change.

Euronews

We Need a 'Wake-up Call': Emperor Penguins Declared Endangered as Sea Ice Loss Turns Deadly

Emperor penguins have been officially declared endangered as Antarctic sea ice loss triggers breeding failures and rising chick deaths. Here's what scientists are warning now.

International Business Times UK

Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor penguins at risk of extinction

Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice are having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers

The Guardian - UK

Emperor penguins and fur seals face extinction in devastating climate update

Both species have seen a dramatic decline in recent years

The Independent UK

The Himalayan Monal: The Rare and Colorful Jewel of Mountains

The Rare and Beautiful Himalayan Monal

Spotted in high-altitude Himalayan forests, the Himalayan Monal thrives in cool alpine meadows and dense mountain woodlands.

Himalayan Monals can also dig up to 25cm in the ground while looking for food. They have strong claws and beaks that help them dig deep while…

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It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future

Tapanuli orangutans survive only in Indonesia’s Sumatran rainforest where a mine expansion will cut through their home. Yet the mining company says the alternative will be worse

Euronews

Plant and animal extinctions slow but experts warn human activity still poses ‘significant’ risks

Researchers have warned that the findings should not be used as a ‘carte blanche’ for destructive human behaviour.

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Leading conservationists just decided that genetically engineering wild animals is OK – sometimes. They’re right

Humans have been selectively breeding animals for millennia. If we can help species survive by tweaking their DNA in a lab, I say bring it on, says science writer Helen Pilcher

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From ‘endangered’ to ‘least concern’: How green turtles have escaped extinction

The number of once-endangered green sea turtles has increased by 28 per cent since the 1970s, despite ‘persistent threats’ to their population.

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Slender-billed curlews are officially extinct – here’s why the loss of these migratory birds really matters

The slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) has been officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The Conversation

Since 2020, 4 of Australia’s natural World Heritage properties have deteriorated

Since 2020, the conservation outlook has worsened for four of Australia’s 16 natural World Heritage properties – Ningaloo, Shark Bay, Purnululu National Park and the Australian Fossil Mammal Sites. This means 25% of our natural areas globally recognised as being significant are either in worse health or need better planning…

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Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat, but bright spots remain

Botswana’s fertile Okavango Delta is one of the last remaining high-biodiversity ecosystems in the world, home to cheetahs, African wild dogs, baobab trees, crocodiles, termites and owls that catch fish. Roughly the size of the state of Connecticut, the freshwater Okavango Delta opens into an enormous alluvial fan that stretches…

The Independent UK

Conservationists warn bees and butterflies are at risk of disappearing for good

More than 20 per cent of both bumble bee and cellophane bee species are under threat

Evening Standard

Threats ‘mounting’ for wild bee and butterfly species in Europe, experts warn

Essential pollinators at risk from habitat loss, climate change and pollution, IUCN assessment says.

The Independent UK

Green turtle rescued from brink of extinction

The green turtle’s status has been downgraded from endangered after years of conservation work

The Independent UK

Red list of threatened species reveals animals that face risk of disappearing for good

The IUCN Species Survival Commission warned many animals face increasing risks of disappearing

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