Tag: Species
Extinction of Grazers Triggered Wildfire
Iconic grassland grazers such as giant bison, woolly mammoth and ancient horses went extinct from 50,000 years to 6,000 years ago, and their extinction...
Invasive Species Affect Native Species
Will introduction of invasive species affect native species? Yes, the introduction would lead to the decline of native ones as revealed by a study...
Global Trade Threatens Species; UNCTAD
About one million plant and animal species are now threatened with extinction in the world, and some estimates point out that global trade threatened...
Chirping: A new way to identify species
Cricket species is hard to get distinguished and now Indian researchers are finding a way to analyse the species diversity using its chirp. The...
Half of budgets for species conservation used for monitoring, not protecting
Governments earmark a lot of funds for species conservation but major shares of these funds are used for research and monitoring rather than action....
68 per cent of decline in population of species in 50...
The population of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish declined by 68 per cent n the last 50 years, according to a new report...
Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species to include 11 species in...
Eleven endangered species of animals and birds (migratory) are to be included in the global list for protection under the ‘Convention on Conservation of...
