2+ hour, 8+ min ago  (216+ words) Pune: Ahead of the annual palkhi procession, mayor Manjusha Nagpure on Thursday directed the encroachment department to launch a special clearance drive. She also sought verification for a proposal to appoint encroachment inspectors through outsourcing. She further reviewed public health…...

16+ hour, 21+ min ago  (560+ words) New Delhi, With the launch of "NZP Saathi-Delhi Zoo" app, finding the animal habitat inside the sprawling National Zoological Park has now become as simple as following directions on a smartphone screen. The "NZP Saathi-Delhi Zoo" is a mobile application…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (535+ words) For America's 250th birthday, the US Postal Service is releasing special edition stamps featuring one of the nation's icons: the bald eagle. The stamps unveiled Thursday at the National Eagle Center in Wabasha, Minnesota, showcase the bird across five major life…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (756+ words) Dunedin, The hoiho, also known as takaraka or yellow-eyed penguin, holds a special place in Aotearoa New Zealand's natural identity. Shy and solitary, with its distinctive yellow headband and pale eyes, it is one of the world's rarest penguins and…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (207+ words) Mumbai: Rani Baug zoo is set to get a boost to its big cat population, with plans to bring in a male and female Bengal tiger from Nagpur's Balasaheb Thackeray Gorewada International Zoological Park by early next year. The proposal…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (570+ words) The long-pending desilting project of the Beas River in Punjab, aimed at preventing floods and ensuring the smooth flow of rainwater, has hit a roadblock due to ecological concerns linked to the habitat of critically endangered gharials (Gavialis gangeticus) and…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (26+ words) CM Yadav released female cheetahs, with identification numbers CCV-2 and CCV-3, at a site on the banks of the Kuno River. | India News...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (230+ words) An albino nilgai (blue bull) "- a rare animal "- has reportedly been spotted several times amid the wilderness inside the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus. The rare genetic variant stands out with its striking white coat against the typical grey-blue herd…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (29+ words) The fierceness with which parent lapwings defend their ground nest and chicks by dive-bombing humans, dogs, jackals and grazing cattle is an instinct that human parents could emulate...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (891+ words) Cape Town, Birds of prey and vultures play a vital role in ecosystems, both as top predators and key scavengers. However, compared to many other bird species, raptor populations are declining faster. This is because they need large areas to…...