First India-born cheetah set to reach adulthood in Kuno National ParkMukhi, a cheetah cub born in India, will reach adulthood on Monday. This marks a project milestone. India now has 27 cheetahs, 16 born loca...
28 Sep, 2025, 03.40 PM IST
Neanderthals’ meat-only diet should have killed them; scientists finally reveal how maggot menu kept them aliveNew research suggests Neanderthals may have supplemented their meat-heavy diets with maggots and fermented animal foods. Chemical signature...
09 Sep, 2025, 06.30 AM IST
Extreme Heatwave: How Delhi Zoo and Wildlife SOS are safeguarding animalsDelhi is experiencing a severe heatwave with temperatures soaring to 52°C. The Delhi Zoo and Wildlife SOS are actively implementing measure...
30 May, 2024, 05.44 PM IST
12 cheetahs from South Africa to land in India next monthA batch of 12 cheetahs will be flown to the country from South Africa next month. The translocation of additional 12 big cats will take the...
28 Jan, 2023, 09.41 AM IST
View: Welcoming back the cheetah to IndiaAll these factors induced by human action are symbolic of just one thing — an outright domination of the natural world by man. The reintrod...
10 Sep, 2022, 11.17 PM IST
Atlantic Shark Institute's research team witnesses Megalodon shark-like creature on sea scan. Find out the truthAtlantic Shark Institute's research team saw a shocking image on the sea scan under their boat of what looked like an extinct megalodon sha...
07 Sep, 2022, 08.58 PM IST
Introduction of wild cheetahs to Indian reserves involves risks and opportunities: Top South African expertA majority of the world's 7,000 cheetahs live in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Namibia has the world's largest population of cheetahs...
07 Aug, 2022, 01.53 PM IST
India inks pact with Namibia for reintroduction of cheetahsThe cheetah is the only large carnivore that got completely wiped out from India, mainly due to over-hunting and habitat loss. The last spo...
20 Jul, 2022, 12.55 PM IST
India set to reintroduce South African cheetah in a wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh by AugustA team from South Africa is visiting Kuno Palpur next week to examine the arrangements made for the cheetahs. Discussions to bring the chee...
07 Jun, 2022, 05.07 PM IST
- 200-million-year-old huge carnivorous dinosaur found in Africa
London, Oct 26 (IANS) An international team of scientists has discovered footprints of a huge carnivorous dinosaur that roamed southern Afr...
26 Oct, 2017, 02.37 PM IST
- Dinosaurs' sensitive faces helped them eat, attract mates
London, June 29 (IANS) Dinosaurs' faces might have been much more sensitive than previously thought, helping them to pick flesh from bones ...
29 Jun, 2017, 02.42 PM IST
Alien species threaten Indian ecosystems: GovernmentInvasive alien species like Lantana and Cuscutta pose a threat to the ecosystems and lead to loss of biodiversity of the country, the gover...
31 Jul, 2015, 08.11 PM IST
Facebook helps discover new plant speciesExperts identified the plant as a new species, describing it as the second-largest carnivorous plant in the Americas, 'The Telegraph' repor...
26 Jul, 2015, 05.05 PM IST
- 81 million year old teeth of dinosaur found in Nagasaki
Two fossilised teeth of a carnivorous dinosaur existing in Japan have been found from 81 million years old layer of earth in Nagasaki, rese...
14 Jul, 2015, 07.14 PM IST
Tiger census in Sahyadri tiger reserve from todayMore than 100 forest department personnel and wildlife lovers are participating in the census to track the flora and carnivore in the STR.
16 Jan, 2014, 07.24 AM IST
- Loss of large predators damaging ecosystems
The decline of large predators such as lions, wolves and bears is threatening the Earth’s delicate ecosystems, changing the face of landsca...
11 Jan, 2014, 06.43 AM IST
31 large carnivores declining across the worldLarge predators such as lions, bears, wolves, dingoes and otters are declining across the world driven by habitat loss, persecution by huma...
10 Jan, 2014, 12.26 PM IST