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In 1969, California biologist Phil Pister carried endangered Owens pupfish across hazardous terrain in two buckets; in 2024, a seventh refuge population was establishedIn a dramatic rescue in 1969, biologist Phil Pister painstakingly transported the last of the Owens pupfish through challenging landscapes ...- The Story of 'Toughie': How the last known gliding tree frog vanishedThe last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed tree frog, named Toughie, died in 2016, marking the species' likely extinction. Researchers collected a...
- A couple gave up on a failing Sussex farm, pulled out the fences and let 3,500 acres go feral; it became the template for British rewildingA British farm, once burdened by debt, became a successful rewilding project. Free-roaming herbivores were introduced to restore the land's...
- How Jaguars are coming back to Argentina's wetlands after being almost extinct due to huntingJaguars are making a comeback in Argentina after near extinction due to conservation programs. Rewilding Argentina is reintroducing these b...
- In the 1960s, Sudbury's nickel smelters turned Ontario's lakes acidic, and tiny creatures evolved to survive, but when the pollution cleared, something unexpected happenedScientists witnessed evolution in action as a tiny copepod species, Leptodiaptomus minutus, adapted to acidic lakes in Killarney Provincial...
- 'Cheetahs to be introduced at Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary on April 20': MP CM Mohan YadavMadhya Pradesh is set to relocate cheetahs to Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary. This decision was made during a review meeting chaired by CM...
- A glimpse into Anant Ambani's Vantara: PM Narendra Modi’s visit to the world’s largest wildlife sanctuaryPrime Minister Narendra Modi visited Vantara, the world’s largest wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center, home to over 2,000 species of ...
- Inside Anant Ambani’s Vantara: PM Narendra Modi’s journey through the world’s largest wildlife rescue & rehabilitation centrePrime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Vantara highlighted his commitment to animal welfare. He interacted with endangered species like le...
- PM Modi inaugurates Vantara in Gujarat: A landmark in wildlife conservationPrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Vantara, the world's largest animal rescue and conservation centre in Gujarat. Spread over 3,500 a...
- 41 Spix’s Macaws reintroduced to Brazil: An initiative by ACTP and Anant Ambani’s VantaraThe Spix’s macaw, once thought extinct in the wild, is being successfully reintroduced in Brazil’s Caatinga biome. In collaboration with AC...
- ET Awards: We should look beyond speciesism — industry relies on nature, says Meera Jain, Founder, Evoke“Industry relies on the conservation of nature,” Jain emphasised, explaining “the real math underpinning our existence”.
- Strayed Cheetah from Kuno National Park rescued near Jhansi, second time in a monthAs per reports, this is the second time in a month when the Cheetah named Oban has been tranquilised and brought back to the national park ...
- Development activities harming nature and wildlife, says minister
- New nest? Himalayan vultures found in ChambalThe UP forest department recently rescued a baby Himalayan griffon, also known as the Himalayan vulture, from Lavedi area of the Chambal re...
- Scientists plan to bring back extinct bird speciesThe scientists want to extract great auk DNA from fossils or preserved organs and then use digital data to sequence the animal's genome.
- Ecology and evolution are intertwined, say researchersOverturning the common assumption that evolution occurs gradually over hundreds or thousands of years, researchers have found significant g...
- Mining taking heavy toll on Goa's wildlife: EnvironmentalistsIncessant digging that had been taking place around Goa's forests in search for iron ore has taken a heavy toll on wild animals and other s...
- Rare Eurasian Owl rescued, releasedThe owl was first sighted by Rakesh, an animal lover, in crowded Mahal area on July 23. The owl looked sluggish and some crows were harassi...
- Raipur to turn buffalo soldier?The Supreme Court has saddled the Chhattisgarh government with the unenviable task of preventing mating of endangered wild buffaloes with d...
- Captive breeding to save endangered hangulThe statistics are grim. The Kashmir hangul, the only surviving sub-species of the red deer family, is slowly becoming extinct.
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