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Rare wildlife, dense evergreen forests, rich biodiversity: 5 stunning rainforests in India that every nature-lover must visitCelebrating World Rainforest Day, India boasts incredible biodiversity across its lush rainforests. From Arunachal Pradesh's Namdapha to Ke...- In 1979, old salmon cans were stored in an Alaskan cannery, and decades later, when scientists cracked them open, a rising worm count revealed something unexpected about changing ocean food websOld canned salmon from Alaska reveals a significant increase in parasitic worms. Scientists studied cans dating back to 1979. This rise in ...
- Gujarat’s Gir lions are loving coastal life like true beach babies, with population jumping from 10 in 2015 to 134 in just 10 yearsGujarat's lion population is dramatically shifting to coastal areas, with 134 lions now inhabiting these regions by 2025. Favorable conditi...
- Lion population in Gujarat goes up from 674 to 891 in 5 years; footprint expands tooGujarat sees a rise in Asiatic lion population. The count reaches 891, up from 674 in 2020. Lions now roam across 11 districts of Saurashtr...
- Expanding lion habitat in Gujarat gets support from the governmentWith their numbers increasing to 674 in 2020 from 523 in 2015, lions are expanding their habitat and are migrating to other districts like ...
- Extinction Watch: Steller Sea Lions are known for disntinctive vocal airingsHistorically, Steller sea lions were plentiful throughout the coastal North Pacific Ocean. But their numbers started declining as they were...
- Gujarat's Gir celebrates 50 years as lions' sole sanctuaryGir sanctuary completes 50 years of conservation on Friday with the release of a special postal stamp and launch of year-long festivities.
- Five more lion carcasses found in RajkotThe worst fears of wildlife conservationists are slowly coming true as flood waters receded.
- Asiatic lion's total goes up, may touch 500The first round of Asiatic lion census that ended on Tuesday, has raised expectations that the population of big cats in the state may now ...
- ‘Amreli lion numbers up, may need another reserve’The state may soon need a second sanctuary for Asiatic lions on the banks of river Shetrunji if the forest department’s initial estimate of...
- Parimal Nathwani seeks railways' help to prevent accidents of Asiatic lionsNathwani, in a letter written to Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, has also requested for construction of an under passage for the movement o...
- Accidents killed 13 lions in 1 year in GujaratThe state government has admitted that 13 lions died in accidents in Gir-Somnath, Amreli and Jungadh districts in the year beginning June 1...
- Railways agrees to limit train speed near Gir forest to prevent accidents with Asiatic lionsWestern Railway has agreed to reduce speed of trains passing through tracks near Gir forest in Gujarat's Amreli district to prevent acciden...
- Railway agrees to limit train speed near Asiatic Lions' abodeThe meeting was held in the wake of the death of six Asiatic lions of Gir forest in separate accidents after being run over by trains.
- Forest department, NHAI plan speed bumps, signages to protect lionsDuring a recent meeting, state forest and NHAI officials have decided to set speed restrictions in the area where lions are found in groups...
- Lion run over by goods train near AmreliIn yet another incident, Asiatic lion was run over by a container train near Bhambhar village in Savarkundla taluka of Amreli district on S...
- Train runs over 2 lionesses near Gir, one was pregnant with 3 cubsTwo lionesses, one of them pregnant with three cubs, were run over by a container train near Pipavav port in Amreli district, around 40km f...
- Asiatic lions have homes in over 1,000 Saurashtra villagesState forest department officials said over the last two decades, lions have dispersed from the Gir forest, which was a core area of Asiati...
- Lions make coastal belt their homeFrom the lush green forests of Gir, lions are now finding a new home along the sea coast.
- Roaring success: Lion count in Gujarat up by 52 since 2005The lion census figures declared on Sunday in Gujarat show that there are 411 big cats in Gir sanctuary and surrounding areas —a jump of 52...
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