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IPL 2026 final: RCB going in as favourites, says Ravichandran Ashwin ahead of RCB vs GT clashRavichandran Ashwin sees Royal Challengers Bengaluru as favourites for the IPL 2026 final. He believes their aggressive style will be key a...- As Ebola scourges Congo, experts warn of link to the consumption of 'wild meat'Wild meat consumption in Central and West Africa, a cultural staple, poses a significant risk for zoonotic disease transmission, including ...
- Solar farms could be disrupting bird and bat migration, new studies revealSolar farms, vital for clean energy, are inadvertently harming migrating birds and bats. Their reflective surfaces mimic lakes, luring wild...
- Why Your Bat House Might Not Fix Mosquitoes the Way You ThinkBat houses offer shelter for bats, a vital role in conservation efforts. While bats do eat insects, including mosquitoes, this is not a gua...
- Bats Were Suspected of Hunting Birds for Years, but What Scientists Finally Heard Changes EverythingScientists have confirmed that noctule bats hunt birds in the night sky. Using advanced tracking and audio devices, researchers observed ba...
- Why Thousands of Bats Took Over a Bridge in Austin… And Why the City Let Them StayA bridge renovation in Austin, Texas, unintentionally created a perfect home for bats. What was once a cause for concern has become a celeb...
- ‘Biodiversity protection doesn’t mean millions of job losses — economic activity which encroaches on ecosystems quantifiably harms humanity’A large part of my work tries to figure out this multifaceted puzzle by analysing what happens in a region in terms of tangible outcomes wh...
- Rare ‘orange bat’, endangered ‘Indian wolf’ gets spotted in Chhattisgarh's Bastar districtDue to its exceedingly low population, the Indian Wolf has designated as a Schedule I species in the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA) of 1972 ...
- Bats are critical for a healthy ecosystem, their declining population can spell doomBats help cycle nutrients in the environment and pollinate plants.
- Anti-bat views must not take wing: More informed people must bat for these much-maligned mammalsOf the 142 types of bats found in India, two are even on the endangered list.
- Why India is also susceptible to coronavirus-like diseasesHuman and wildlife interactions are increasing as Indian settlements press up against remaining wild spaces.
- Bats in India like to live among coffee plantsIt turns out that when coffee plantations encroach on natural forest habitat, bats are happy to live in the coffee.
- Deforestation serious threat to bats in IndiaWith increasing human population and rise in agricultural land use in India's Western Ghats, a number of bat species are findings it diffic...
- Science group reaches out to citizens for saving bat colonies across nationMany bat species found in India are classified in "threatened" categories by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), but,...
- Meghalaya hamlet dedicates forest for conservation of batsThe decision in this regard was taken last month when the village elders were informed of the presence of these extremely rare bats.
- Changing Deccan Plateau landscape discussed at workshopA workshop to discuss the changing Deccan Plateau landscape was organised by BNHS at Solapur on the occasion of World Wildlife Day.
- Lessons from Ebola catastrophe: Why India needs to discourage deforestation and excessive miningA study by the Int'l Livestock Research Institute in 2012 put India as the most affected country in terms of diseases that are spread throu...
- Odisha village turns into safe habitat for endangered batsA sleepy river side village under Garadapur block in Kendrapara district of Odisha has turned into a safe habitat for endangered bats. Not ...
- Gangetic River Dolphin, Dugong are now high-priority for conservationThe Gangetic River Dolphin, Asian Elephant, Pangolin and Dugong (sea cow) are among some of the most endangered species from India that fea...
- Maharashtra loses many bat coloniesSeveral bat colonies in the state have ceased to exist due to development, renovation in old structures or by pest control.
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