Endangered Species News - Latest Updates & Headlines
Endangered eagle from Mongolia returns to Assam's Kaziranga to breed, 5th year in a row
Kaziranga, April 7: An endangered fishing eagle tagged in Mongolia has been recorded by scientists of Bombay Natural History Society in Kaziranga National Park of Assam on March 16 this year.
First photographic record of flying squirrel in Himachal
Shimla, April 5: Himachal Pradesh Forest Department on Saturday said its Wildlife Wing has captured the photo of the woolly flying squirrel, once considered extinct, captured in the Miyar Valley of Lahaul-Spiti district.
Genetic study estimates 51 rare Asian elephants in Cambodia's northern plains
Phnom Penh, March 13: The first-ever genetic study of endangered Asian elephants has been conducted in Cambodia's northern plains, estimating that the population of the mammals in the region was 51, said a Fauna & Flora Cambodia's press release on Thursday.
PM Modi visits Vantara - wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and conservation centre in Gujarat
Gandhinagar, March 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his three-day visit to Gujarat, visited Vantara – a wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and conservation centre in Jamnagar.
Nepal's Rhino census becomes uncertain with suspension of USAID
Kathamandu, March 2: Nepal's rhino census conducted in an interval of every five years now faces an uncertain future with the suspension of USAID, one of the major donors for the project, by the Donald Trump administration.
Two-day synchronised vulture census begins in southern states
Chennai, Feb 27: A two-day synchronised vulture census has commenced in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka, covering 106 locations across the three states.
Vultures provide ecosystem services worth $1.8 billion annually in southern Africa: Report
Nairobi, Feb 25: The ecosystem services provided by vultures in the southern African region, including sanitation and pest control, are estimated at $1.8 billion annually, according to a report launched in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday.
Vultures provide ecosystem services worth 1.8 billion USD annually in southern Africa
Nairobi, Feb 25: The ecosystem services provided by vultures in the southern African region, including sanitation and pest control, are estimated at 1.8 billion US dollars annually, according to a report launched in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Tuesday.
Tamil Nadu: Tiger census begins at Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in Tirunelveli
Tirunelveli, February 24: The works for a tiger census began at the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in Tirunelveli on Monday.
Vantara partners with ACTP to reintroduce Spix's Macaws to Brazil
Jamnagar, January 30: The journey of restoring the Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii), a species declared extinct in the wild in 2000, has taken a major leap forward with Vantara's recent collaboration with the Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots (ACTP).
Four orangutans released into natural habitat in Indonesia's East Kalimantan
Jakarta, Jan 16: As many as four orangutans have been released into a protected forest in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan after completing their rehabilitation programme, the province's regional conservation agency said in a statement on Thursday.