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Red sand, palm trees, wildlife: This Tamil Nadu desert is the perfect offbeat destination for curious travellersTamil Nadu, renowned for its temples and hills, harbors a surprising red sand desert called Theri Kaadu. Spanning 12,000 acres in Thoothuku...- Naga community bans Pangolin hunting in NagalandThe Sangtam Naga tribal body has passed a resolution to protect pangolins. This is a significant step for conservation in Northeast India. ...
- Assam Rifles, Mizoram forest officials seize 64 kg of pangolin scales worth Rs 64 lakh; two arrestedThe Assam Rifles and Mizoram Forest Department officials recovered 64 kg of Indian pangolin scales worth Rs 64 lakh and apprehended two ind...
- Nigeria destroys seized pangolin parts to deter wildlife traffickingNigeria has burned four tonnes of seized pangolin scales, valued at $1.4 million, the first time it has publicly destroyed seized wildlife ...
- Tiger, pangolin farming in Myanmar risks 'boosting demand'
- How coronavirus jumped from animals to humans decodedThis jump from species-to-species was the result of the ability of the virus to bind to host cells, a study shows.
- Poaching could increase under virus lockdownsPoaching of endangered species could rebound as authorities divert their attention to enforcing coronavirus lockdown measures, an internati...
- View: It's time for humans to stop living voraciouslyChina’s crackdown in 2003 on wildlife markets ended after Sars exited. History is repeating itself, this time while the Covid-19 pandemic i...
- Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand emerging as hotspots for pangolin trafficking in India, researchers warnA recent study, published in the journal Cell, had placed pangolins as a natural reservoir of coronaviruses similar to SARS-CoV-2, the one ...
- Why India is also susceptible to coronavirus-like diseasesHuman and wildlife interactions are increasing as Indian settlements press up against remaining wild spaces.
- Animal protection bodies call for strict measures to stop pangolin poachingThey said the footage, captured by World Animal Protection (WAP) and Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, University of Oxford (WildCRU), s...
- 17 February is celebrated as World Pangolin DayPangolins are the only mammals that are covered in scales, which are made of keratin—just like our hair and finger nails. They are toothles...
- Lesser-known species like Otter, Pangolin form a large part of wildlife tradeAs govt focuses on protection of high-profile wild animals, there is little emphasis on a range of smaller species sought for their medicin...
- Pangolins face extinction in India, wildlife body warnsOn the eve of World Pangolin Day, a wildlife body on Friday highlighted the extreme impact caused by poaching and illegal trade of the spec...
- Marine engineer among 13 held for smuggling Indian pangolins to ChinaIn a major breakthrough Madhya Pradesh forest department on Monday arrested 13 people including a Kolkata-based marine engineer and a corpo...
- Rare animals sighted in Pakke Tiger ReserveFour rare melanistic (black) golden cats (Captopuma Temminckii) and rare Chinese pangolins were sighted at Pakke Tiger Reserve in East Kame...
- Nandankanan zoo yet to start white-backed vulture breedingThe authorities cited difficulties in getting stock of such vultures to start breeding. The zoo, which is a nodal centre for conservation o...
- Pangolin scales seizedThe recent seizure of 70 kilograms pangolin scales from Debidanga and arrest of seven persons have once again proved that the Siliguri corr...
- 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...
- Endangered anteater rescuedThe locals of Nagla Raja village in Etawah district were a confused lot on late Sunday evening when they came across an armored scaly male,...
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