Topic: IUCN Red List
Cycas pectinata
An evergreen, palm-like plant with a Jurassic link is under stress in Bhutan, according to a new study conducted by five botanists. The plant in question is Cycas...
Himalayan Medicinal Plants in IUCN Red List
Three medicinal plant species in the Himalayas have been included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. These are Meizotropis pellita (critically endangered), Fritilloria cirrhosa (vulnerable) and...
Leith’s Softshell Turtle
India’s proposal to increase the protection of Leith’s softshell turtle was approved at the 19th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP 19) to the Convention on...
Illegal Wildlife Trade and Climate Change: Joining the Dots
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently released a paper titled “Illegal Wildlife Trade and Climate Change: Joining the dots”. It was released at the side...
Singalila National Park- Introduction of Red Pandas
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park recently launched a programme to introduce 20 Red Pandas in around five years to the Singalila National Park. About Singalila National Park Singalila...
Aardvark Calf
A zoo in Cheshire, United Kingdom witnessed the birth of an aardvark calf in January 2022, for the first time in its 90-year history. Highlights It’s a girl...
A.P: Mass mortality of spot-billed pelicans
Andhra Pradesh State Forest Department has approached experts from Wildlife Institute of India (WII-Deharadun), Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and Zoological Survey of India (ZSI-Kolkata), for preventing mass...
Earth’s sixth mass extinction
As per a report published in Biological Reviews, Sixth Mass Extinction crisis is underway on the Planet Earth. It could have already lost around 13 percent of its...
Gulabo: India’s oldest sloth bear
On January 10, 2022, India’s oldest sloth bear, named Gulabo, died at the Van Vihar National Park and Zoo in Bhopal. The bear was aged 40. Highlights The...
IUCN assessment on Red Sanders
The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) recently categorised the Red Sanders (or Red Sandalwood) again into the ‘endangered’ category in its Red List. Red Sanders The...
What are reasons for Unnatural Death of Elephants in India?
According to data given by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, 600 elephants have died due to electrocution across India, in between 2009 and 2019....
