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BAT POPULATION MONITORING
In 1990, a Texas family donated a cave to protect its bats; today, about 4 million female bats use it as a nursery each summerA Texas family's vision for conservation transformed their cave into the Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve in 1990, eschewing fertilizer...
In 2025, British naturalist Chris Packham helped restore 55 acres in Devon with 3,500 native trees; a year later, wetlands, wildfowl, waders and otters had transformed the former pastureA rewilding project in Downicary, Devon, has transformed a plain field into a vibrant wetland. This initiative has successfully attracted d...
In 2023, scientists placed ultrasonic microphones at 12 Midwest solar plants to see how bats responded. 3 years later, the recordings revealed about 50% more calls above the panels than nearby fields, suggesting the sites were attracting activityMidwest solar farms with native plants showed increased bat activity during spring. Bat calls were fifty percent higher over solar sites th...
Kerala: Nipah patient's route map released; animal husbandry dept sets up control roomKozhikode district administration has released the route map of a 43-year-old man infected with the Nipah virus. He is currently on ventila...
How Researchers Are Using AI to Map the Hidden Structure of Animal CommunicationA groundbreaking computational tool, Chatter, is revolutionizing the study of animal communication. By analyzing vocalizations as continuou...
New Covid strain found in moustached bats — scientists fear it’s been spreading for monthsScientists have found a new virus called BRZ batCoV in moustached bats in Latin America. Experts are studying it because it has some Covid-...
Another bat virus discovered from China—Here’s what makes HKU5-CoV-2 different from COVID-19A team of Chinese researchers has discovered a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, which has the potential to infect human cells. The virus, l...
Nipah virus claims another life in Kerala district, masks up, schools shut: Symptoms, treatment and transmission explainedNipah Virus: The Kerala government has imposed strict containment measures in Malappuram district following a Nipah virus death. Shops in a...
100 dangerous viruses detected in China’s fur animals, nearly 40 could affect humansAnimal Fur Virus in China: A new study reveals that animals in Chinese fur farms are hosting dozens of viruses, including 36 newly discover...
Nipah virus outbreak renews calls to protect bat roostsThough Kerala's response to contain the outbreak drew international praise, the quick spread of the virus and its impact on tens of thousan...
Chinese virus expert, known as batwoman, warns new coronavirus outbreak in futureHer recent research assessed the risk of different coronavirus species spilling over into human populations, with alarming results. The stu...
Bats are critical for a healthy ecosystem, their declining population can spell doomBats help cycle nutrients in the environment and pollinate plants.
How virus detectives trace the origins of an outbreak - and why it's so trickyIn order to predict and prevent future pandemics like COVID-19, researchers need to find the origin of the viruses that cause them. This is...
New kind of coronavirus that affects pigs has the potential of jumping from swines to humansThe virus causes severe diarrhea and vomiting, and has been especially deadly to young piglets.
Chinese researchers warn of new virus in pigs with human pandemic riskResearchers looked at influenza viruses found in pigs from 2011 to 2018 and found a "G4" strain of H1N1 that has "all the essential hallmar...
ET View: Create awareness on Nipah virusThe NiV was first identified during an outbreak in Kampung Sungai Nipah in Malaysia in 1998. Pigs were the intermediate hosts.
Indian mouse deer spotted after 112 years in Chhattisgarh
View: Modi government schemes go beyond ribbon cutting, they are meant to produce resultsWhat sets PM Narendra Modi apart is innovation, imagination and implementation. Schemes unthinkable in AC offices are envisioned with the h...
Amid expanding concrete jungle, Delhi's wildlife shows sign of revivalDue to the degradation of the Yamuna river, Delhi has lost the nub-nosed or marsh crocodile (last seen in 1976) and the long-snouted crocod...
- Maharashtra loses many bat colonies
Several bat colonies in the state have ceased to exist due to development, renovation in old structures or by pest control.