Young gharials appear to take their cue to start basking each morning from the light in the sky, a finding that raises questions about what artificial light along riverbanks does to a species with a recovery score of just 19 per cent.
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Researchers have shown that the urine and scat tigers and leopards leave behind carry chemical clues to an animal’s species, sex, age and reproductive state, details that camera traps often miss.
Seven predator-proof livestock corrals built from local stone, mud and chain-link fencing by herders in Ladakh’s Sumdo have kept snow leopards and wolves out for two straight years, a turnaround from a six-month spell in 2020 that cost the settlement more than 100 sheep and goats across a dozen separate attacks.
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), set up in 1916 to promote surveys, exploration and research to further understanding of […]