India had a very high number of vultures in the 1980s. The white rumped vulture alone had a population of about 60 million then. In total, India had 9 species of vultures, which were the following: Indian Vulture –Gyps indicus. Red-Headed Vulture –Sarcogyps calvus. Slender-Billed Vulture –Gyps tenuirostris. White-rumped Vulture –Gyps bengalensis. Cinereous Vulture –Aegypius monachus. …
Initially, bats were believed to be the origin of COVID-19. However, this was followed by requests from many people for killing or removal of bats from their localities. To set this right, a group of conservationists and scientists from across South Asia has formed a collective to debunk myths. In a seven point press release, …
Founded in 1964, the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Redlist was established to ensure the correct amount of conservation focus is given to species according to their population. Every species discovered is given one out of seven tags, from least concern, to extinct extinct. These seven levels are: Least Concern: This status is …
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Tapping Groundwater We can obtain groundwater from wells, springs and handpumps. Wells are holes that people dig or drill to obtain water. Springs are natural outlets from which groundwater flows. Wells and springs are very good sources of water but must be treated with care if they are to last. To obtain water from wells, …
Coronavirus Disease 2019 or COVID-19, is a new type of viral pneumonia that originated in Central China in a city called Wuhan. According to most doctors and scientists, the disease was transmitted from a bat to a a pangolin before being transmitted to a human. However, this is almost impossible in the wild, as bats …
As we have seen the Australian bushfires get worse and worse this November, things finally reached a peak, and we know it, as the smoke from Australian bushfires is making cities in New Zealand smoggy. But this is not the biggest concern. The problem is, more than 1 billion animals have died so far, and …
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Find out what happened at India’s largest saltwater lake. On November 7th, 2019, Sambhar lake in the Indian state of Rajasthan witnessed the death of nearly 40 demoiselle cranes. A few days later on November 30th, 2019, the lake witnessed the death of more than 8000 migratory birds including shovelers, stilts, snipes, pintails, avocets, and …
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