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Texas released 3 million captive-bred eggs to save this endangered amphibian. It may be workingA male Houston toad was sighted in Bastrop County, Texas, after a 50-year absence. This sighting follows the release of millions of captive...- A nearly 200-year-old cemetery comes alive after dark, where the dead share space with frogs, toads, and the scientists listening to themCitizen scientists are lending their ears to a crucial cause, listening for frog calls in Cambridge's historic Mount Auburn Cemetery. This ...
- Pet pythons escaped into Florida in the 1970s, spread for decades through the Everglades, then a hurricane carried them south, and now the Key Largo woodrat may disappearEndangered rodents in Key Largo face a crisis. Invasive Burmese pythons, spreading after Hurricane Irma, are decimating Key Largo woodrat p...
- In 1979, Japan released 30 mongooses onto Amami Oshima to kill venomous snakes, and it took 45 years to fix what happened nextJapan's ambitious plan to control venomous snakes on Amami Ōshima with Indian mongooses in 1979 backfired spectacularly. The introduced pre...
- This surreal floating lake in India is visible from space but beneath its drifting islands lives one of the world’s most feared snakesManipur’s Loktak Lake is unlike any other lake in India. Known for its floating circular islands called phumdis, the lake is also home to t...
- Climate change endangering amphibian species around the world, 136 of 426 in India threatened: StudyClimate change is causing the deterioration of amphibian species globally, with India being particularly affected. A study found that out o...
- 41% of amphibian species worldwide threatened with extinction: StudyA study by global experts has found that 41% of amphibian species worldwide are at risk of extinction. The study, published in Nature, attr...
- A fifth of world's reptile species deemed threatened with extinctionMany reptiles are being pushed to the brink, the researchers said, by factors similarly imperiling the world's other land vertebrates - amp...
- Consumed as a delicacy, the Chinese giant salamander is critically endangeredIt’s a “living fossil”, for being a part of the family Cryptobranchidae.
- 350 animals in Darjeeling zoo face food shutdown heatOfficials of the Darjeeling Zoo are facing a crisis in supplying food for the zoo animals as food supplies are fast drying up. The official...
- 36 animal, plant species endangered in GujaratIn reply to a question by Rajya Sabha member Parimal Nathwani, the minister stated that 20 species of animals and 16 of plants are endanger...
- Tailless amphibians enthrall kids at PilikulaOn Sunday, croaks, woofs, meows and the sound of hissing resonated at Pilikula Nisargadhama.
- Democratic conservation of biodiversity is mustIndia ranks among the top ten species rich nations in the world and is known for its rich biological diversity and high endemism.
- UN joins cleanup efforts as oil spill endangers Bangladesh' mangrove forest SundarbansGreen activists criticised the government decision to use local people in removing the spilled oil without considering their health hazards.
- 15 Indian birds among 100 globally endangered speciesBirds are considered to be a good indicator of the condition of the natural environment.
- Western Ghats home to endangered speciesThe mountains of the Western Ghats are the second most important shelter in the world for threatened species, says a research paper edition...
- Amphibians in troubled waters on home turfIndia has the sixth largest number of endemic species of amphibians that are under threat.
- 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...
- Pilikula Biological Park receives exotic reptiles and amphibiansPilikula Biological Park at Vamanjoor here is now home to 13 rare exotic crocodiles. Joining them are three endangered gharials and four re...
- Weirdest creatures face extinctionThe pygmy hippopotamus, the bumblebee bat and the rare slender loris, weirdest creatures, face extinction.
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