Context Recently, the Green Bee-Eater was sighted in the Delhi-NCR region. About Green Bee-Eater The Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) is dainty (16-18 cm), bright green in plumage, slender-bodied, with blood-red eyes. Its slim lengthened black bill is…
Context Camera traps have captured footage of three tigers in an area of western Thailand where the animals have not been spotted in the past four years. Key Details There…
Context Dingoes have grown six-nine per cent in size in the last eight decades, according to recent research. And some experts are looking into the possibility of pesticides playing a…
Context The owl conservation efforts of a non-profit at a core area inside Maharashtra’s Melghat Tiger Reserve came into question over the conservation of the endemic forest owlet and other…
Context Hoolock Gibbons, the only species of apes found in India, are threatened with extinction in the Ukhrul and Kamjong districts of Manipur. Key Details The two districts used to…
Context When scientists first unearthed fossils of a horned dinosaur called Centrosaurus in the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park in Canada’s Alberta province in 1989, they spotted a badly malformed…
Context The giant Asian honey bee or apis dorsata, which produces more than 80% of India’s honey, is falling prey to air pollution. Key Details With India being the world’s…
Context A new species of ‘twighopper’ or pygmy grasshopper, discovered by Croatian and German researchers in the rainforests of Sri Lanka, has been named after Kerala grasshopper expert. Cladonotus bhaskari The…
Context A recent study has unveiled fresh details surrounding the Tanystropheus, a reptile that lived on Earth some 242 million years ago and had a remarkably elongated neck – longer than…
Context The European Pine Marten, a small carnivore from the Mustelid family, preys more on the grey squirrel, that is not native to Britain and Ireland than the native red…
