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Meet the fascinating monkey that turns blue when angry or excited

September 06, 2025 1:26 pm

The changes are more prominent in males, whose “blueness” is directly related to their testosterone levels.

More than a third of the world’s trees face extinction, new report reveals

October 29, 2024 8:07 am

This alarming update, published by Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), was released at the UN biodiversity summit, in Colombia.

In a first for India, Darjeeling Zoo’s Red Panda programme among top 3 finalists for World Association of Zoos and Aquariums conservation award

October 08, 2024 2:33 pm

The winner will be announced at the 79th WAZA Annual Conference at Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia on November 7.

Over 50% of world's mangroves at risk of collapse, climate change leading factor: IUCN

May 22, 2024 6:48 pm

This study classified the world's mangrove ecosystems in 36 different regions called provinces and assessed the threats and risk of collapse in each region.

Birds Without Borders: Rose-ringed parakeet, the vehicle of Kamdev and Rati

July 13, 2023 2:02 pm

The female lays one to seven eggs and hatches them for 21 days. Both the parents feed the chicks.

The Great Barrier Reef is 'in danger': Australia pushes back

December 01, 2022 8:50 pm

A joint report by the IUCN and UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre has recommended that the Great Barrier Reef “be inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger”, something Australia is opposing. We explain why.

Survey finds 1,435 endangered smooth-coated otters and 245 crocodiles in Ratnagiri dist

April 22, 2022 7:43 pm

Smooth-coated Otters are classified as endangered species under Schedule II of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and as 'vulnerable' by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Birdwatch: Brown-headed barbet, omnipresent in parks, wooded areas

April 13, 2022 1:01 pm

An Asian barbet species native to the Indian subcontinent, brown-headed barbet is listed as of least concern on the IUCN Red List.

Ghostly monkey among 224 new Mekong region species: WWF Report

January 26, 2022 1:14 pm

Despite human encroachments on tropical forests and other wild zones, much of the Greater Mekong is still little explored and each year dozens of new species are found — a glimmer of hope as so many species go extinct.

Andean condors fly back into the wild after years-long rehabilitation in Chile

January 06, 2022 3:02 pm

One pair of the birds had been born in captivity to other rescues and had to learn to fly over two months around wild birds.

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