A man-made reservoir built 68 years ago for the residents of a planned city has been recognised as a wetland of international importance, even though silt has taken more than half of its water-holding capacity.
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Birdwatchers, farmers and forest staff across India are being asked to count the world’s tallest flying bird this weekend, in a survey meant to set a national baseline for a species that has been in decline.
Barkhera, a modest wetland about 30 km from Jaipur near Shivdaspura, has long been a quiet favourite among birders, but this winter encroachment has become visible to the naked eye.
Researchers at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology have produced the first detailed climate-based assessment of the ibisbill in the north-western Himalayas, finding that warming could widen the area with suitable climate for the bird while boulder mining eats away at its breeding rivers.
A second villager injured in an August jackal attack in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district has died, 36 days after the bite and despite receiving anti-rabies vaccination, leaving ten other injured villagers demanding a fresh medical review before anyone else falls ill.
A herd of nine elephants, including two calves, wandered out of Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary and into the paddy fields around Khanapur taluk this week, in what officials say is the first elephant movement ever recorded in the Belagavi Forest Division.
Four of Asia’s hornbill species have a genome to call their own for the first time.
Delhi’s first comprehensive Bird Atlas records 471 bird species in the capital — including endangered and threatened birds — placing it second only to Nairobi among world capitals for avian diversity.
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