UK conservation project aims to rebuild lost oyster reefs and restore marine biodiversity along England’s northeast coast London: Britain has launched an innovative marine restoration project aimed at rebuilding habitats for the country’s struggling native oyster population by creating artificial reefs on the seabed. Twenty specially designed “oyster reef cubes” have been deployed off England’s…
C Mahesh Part 2: Senegal – A Nation’s Green Commitment Travel through the northern regions of Senegal in West Africa, and local people will still recall a time when vast stretches of dry, barren land extended as far as the eye could see. Rainfall declined, crops failed, and livestock struggled to find fodder. Sandstorms engulfed…
The Great Green Wall: Africa’s Quiet Revolution Against the Climate Crisis Part 1: When the Desert Advanced, People Planted Hope By C Mahesh “When the desert kept advancing, Africa did not answer with concrete walls or weapons. Instead, it responded with trees, restoring land, livelihoods, and hope. The Great Green Wall is one of the…
Rome, July 25: Italian authorities have launched an investigation into disturbing allegations that live cats were used by suspected arsonists to ignite and spread wildfires in the southern region of Calabria. The claims, first reported by Italian daily Corriere della Sera and supported by statements from Calabria’s Civil Protection Department, have sparked nationwide outrage. However,…
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: In a landmark achievement for wildlife conservation, the first onager (Asian wild ass) foal in more than 100 years has been born on Saudi soil at the Prince Mohammad Bin Salman Royal Reserve The birth marks a major milestone in the Kingdom’s efforts to restore native biodiversity and reintroduce endangered species to…
Background Kibale National Park in western Uganda is home to one of the largest populations of wild chimpanzees in the world. Within this forest lies the Ngogo chimpanzee community, a once-unified group numbering more than 200 individuals. Since around 2015, the community has undergone a dramatic social split that escalated into a prolonged and deadly…
Kutch, Gujarat — A Landmark Moment in Global Conservation In a remarkable breakthrough for wildlife conservation, India has witnessed a rare and hopeful event in the arid grasslands of Kutch, Gujarat. One of the world’s most endangered bird species, the Great Indian Bustard (GIB), has successfully hatched a chick in the region after a gap…
Social Media Desk:A dramatic wildlife encounter has taken social media by storm, proving once again that size is not always the measure of courage. A viral video circulating across platforms shows a small deer weighing barely 13 kilograms boldly confronting a massive rhinoceros estimated to weigh nearly 1.7 tonnes. The short clip, reportedly filmed in…
By Adinath — compiled from reports in Phys.org, Popular Science— December 15, 2025 Researchers in southern Brazil have formally described a previously unknown species of miniature frog that is bright orange, no larger than a pencil tip, and hidden in the damp leaf litter of cloud forests in the Serra do Quiriri mountain range. The…
By Adinath Ecosystem Engineering by the North American Beaver (Castor canadensis) in New Mexico, California, and the Desert Southwest In the arid and semi-arid landscapes of the western United States, stream degradation and riparian decline have intensified under climate stress. The North American beaver (Castor canadensis), often called a “natural hydrologic engineer,” plays a vital…
