Kolkata, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Border Security Force (BSF) has arrested a smuggler and recovered 195 Indian star tortoises from his possession along the Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB) in West Bengal’s North 24-Parganas district. Star tortoises…
Tokyo, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Japan’s Environment Ministry on Tuesday declared that non-native mongooses have been eradicated from Amami-Oshima Island, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site in southwestern Kagoshima Prefecture. The declaration, decades after efforts to…
Sydney, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) People in the Australian state of Queensland will face fines for unintentionally feeding, and knowingly remaining close to, crocodiles under new laws announced on Tuesday aimed at reducing attacks. Leanne Linard,…
Wellington, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) New Zealand’s true ancient species are animals like kakapo, small wrens, bats, and freshwater limpets, not like kiwi birds, moa and takahe which were recent “Aussie immigrants,” according to a study…
Bhopal, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Days after Namibian Cheetah Pavan was found dead at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh, the Forest Department has initiated an inquiry into the death of the big cat….
Jaipur, Sep 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) A leopard attacked three youths and a shepherd on Monday noon and left them profusely bleeding in a jungle in Kota’s Ramganj Mandi area. The three youths were identified as Arvind,…
Wellington, Sep 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) New Zealanders started to vote for the 2024 ‘Bird of the Year’ title on Monday, an annual event to raise awareness about the protection of native birds. More than 80 per…
Sydney, Sep 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) A woman has been hospitalised after being mauled by a tiger at a theme park in the Australian state of Queensland on Monday. A spokesperson for the Queensland Ambulance Service said…
Chandigarh, Sep 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) To boost milk production and enhance disease resistance in animals by improving the breed quality of livestock, Punjab’s Animal Husbandry Department has set an annual target of 30 lakh artificial inseminations…
Yangon, Sep 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) A rare occurrence of twin elephants, a male and a female, was recorded in southern Myanmar’s Bago region. On August 26, a 21-year-old elephant named Pearl Sandar gave birth to the…
Hyderabad, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indian Scutigeromorpha originated in Gondwana and continued to evolve within Peninsular India, revealed a study by researchers at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad. Peninsular India was believed to be…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) To mark International Whale Shark Day ( August 30), the Kerala government on Friday honoured a group of fishermen for their heroic efforts in rescuing and releasing endangered whale sharks entangled…
Vadodara, August 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) As floodwaters begin to recede in Vadodara, a 30-year-old man was killed in Gujarat’s Dabhoi after a crocodile dragged him into the Orsang River. An official said that the victim -…
Guwahati, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) A low-cost solar fence that protects standing crops on three hectares of land from depredation by wild elephants in the Mirza area of Assam’s Kamrup district boosted paddy harvest by the…
Los Angeles, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US Fish and Wildlife Service announced a controversial strategy to kill nearly half a million invasive barred owls in the Pacific Northwest to prevent at-risk native spotted owls from…
Bhopal, Aug 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) India’s ambitious ‘Project Cheetah’ received yet another setback on Tuesday as one more feline Pawan died at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, the forest official said. Pawan (Indian name)…
Visakhapatnam, Aug 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) In another case of human-animal conflict, a man was trampled to death by wild elephants in Andhra Pradesh’s Parvathipuram Manyam district on Monday. The incident occurred in Vannam village in Komarada…
Chennai, Aug 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Following Madurai Nature Cultural Foundation recommendations, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department will convert the Samanatham Tank in the Madurai district will be converted into a bird sanctuary. On July 22, the…
Sydney, Aug 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rescue crews have resumed efforts to free a juvenile humpback whale entangled in Sydney Harbor fishing nets. As of Friday morning, police and maritime authorities were tracking the whale and enforcing…
Canberra, Aug 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has committed funding to rebuild the Great Barrier Reef Aquarium and education centre. Albanese on Friday announced 100 million Australian dollars ($ 67 million) in government…