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FOX HABITAT PROTECTION
How California’s solar farms are helping save the endangered San Joaquin kit fox: Inside the surprising conservation success giving one of America’s rarest foxes a fighting chanceMassive solar farms in Central California are now protecting endangered San Joaquin kit foxes. These projects offer safe havens, reducing p...- Australia, in the late 1800s, introduced foxes for a hunting hobby, and scientists are still tracking the damage more than a century laterIntroduced for sport in the 1800s, European red foxes have become a devastating ecological crisis in Australia. These adaptable predators r...
- Mountain lions left this suburb a century ago; one returned to Stanford's preserve in 2015, and woody plants grew 64-fold in just 11 yearsA Stanford study reveals that even a single visiting mountain lion can dramatically reshape ecosystems in small preserves. Researchers obse...
- 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...
- India gets Ramsar tag for 2 wetlands, PM Modi lauds effortsTwo Indian wetlands, Patna Bird Sanctuary in Etah and Chhari-Dhand in Kutch, are now Ramsar sites. This brings India's total to 98. Prime M...
- Rescued golden eagle takes flight again in Tunisia after rehabilitationAquila, a golden eagle in Tunisia, was rehabilitated and released after being rescued from captivity with clipped wings. This success is pa...
- MMA fighter wrestles with alligator. Video goes viralWild encounter between MMA fighter and alligator has gone viral on social media. The incident took place in Jacksonville, Florida.
- 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...
- Donald Trump charts arctic drilling rights sale in likely election rowThe decision sets the stage for the federal government to auction Arctic drilling rights in the final quarter of 2020 -- and a potential co...
- Power companies must consider underground laying of cables to avoid Great Indian Bustard deaths: GovernmentNoting that a miniscule population of less than 150 Great Indian Bustards was left in the country, a committee constituted on the direction...
- To protect Great Indian Bustard, Environment Ministry to declare their habitats as conservation reservesDuring a meeting held by a committee under the ministry, constituted in pursuance to the directions of the National Green Tribunal, it was ...
- Great Indian Bustard nearing extinction due to high voltage power lines: Environment ministryOnly 150 Great Indian Bustard are left, with the maximum number in Jaisalmer. They are dying at the rate of 15 per cent annually due to col...
- Release of animals into wild stirs up controversy in ChinaPostings of micro-blogger "cora liebo" narrating the list of animals "released" in the southwestern province of Yunnan have left jaws dropp...
- Visit the Black Buck Sanctuary at Velavadar and be enthralled by the evening safariEndangered and a creature of sheer beauty, the Black Bucks shy away from visitors.
- 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.
- Workshop highlights conservation issues on Deccan PlateauAs a part of its ongoing study of the grassland ecosystem, BNHS recently organized a two-day workshop on “Conservation of wildlife in Decca...
- No live animals for temple ritualThe forest department has come down heavily against the practice of capturing foxes for a ritual called ‘Nariyai Pariyakkuthal’ festival wh...
- Great Indian Bustard egg hatches under protective watchAfter a gap of nearly six years, a Great Indian Bustard egg hatched in Desert National Park area with forest officials succeeding in protec...
- 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.
- Haryana wildlife parks set to get eco-sensitive statusA string of wildlife national parks and sanctuaries in Haryana are set to recieve the 'Eco-Sensitive' status which would ensure a ban on an...
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