A species of wood snake that wasn't seen for 140 years has resurfaced in a survey conducted by scientists in the Meghamalai Wildlife Sanctuary.
The species, endemic to the Meghamalai forests and the Periyar Tiger Reserve landscape, was recently rediscovered by R. Chaitanya, a herpetologist, and Varad Giri, director, Foundation for Biodiversity Conservation.
The local population of wood snakes was last spotted and recorded by British military officer and naturalist Colonel Richard Henry Beddome in 1878.
Mar 08, 2019
Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Even in Winter
A new study has found that rain is becoming more frequent in Greenland and accelerating the melting of its ice.
Scientists are surprised to discover rain falling even during the long Arctic winter.
The massive Greenland ice-sheet is being watched closely because it holds a huge store of frozen water.
And if all of that ice melted, the sea level would rise by seven metres, threatening coastal population centres around the world.
Mar 05, 2019
Gurugram World's most Polluted
As per a new pollution report, India's national capital region (NCR) emerged as the most polluted region in the world in 2018, with Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Noida, and Bhiwadi in the top six worst-affected cities.
Air pollution is likely to cause the death of an estimated seven million lives globally in the next year while costing the world's economy nearly $ 225 billion.
Of the 20 most polluted cities in the world last year, 18 were in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, the study found.
Delhi is ranked 11th in the list; the only non-Indian city in the top five is Pakistan's Faisalabad.
India to Tie-up with Nations to Save Rhinos
India will collaborate with Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia and Malaysia to increase the population of three species of Asian rhinos, including the Greater one-horned rhinoceros found in the Indian sub-continent.
The five rhino range nations signed a declaration 'The New Delhi Declaration on Asian Rhinos 2019' for the conservation and protection of the species at the Second Asian Rhino Range Countries meeting.
Mar 02, 2019
Himachal Pradesh Winter
This winter has been the harshest and the wettest one in Himachal Pradesh in a quarter of a century. The hill state experienced 13 spells of snow and a 43% increase in rainfall in January and February over the normal average, triggering avalanches, damaging roads and disrupting electricity supplies. The abundance of rain and snow has, however, delighted farmers.
Experts say the snow will be beneficial to crops and for hydropower generation in the state as the thawing of glaciers that feeds Himalayan rivers. Snowfall had been scanty last year, resulting in a water shortage. The state capital Shimla faced its worst water crisis last year.
Feb 25, 2019
World's Biggest Bee Found Alive
The world's biggest bee has been re-discovered, after decades thought lost to science.
The giant bee - which is as long as an adult's thumb - was found on a little-explored Indonesian island.
Known as Wallace's giant bee, the insect is named after the British naturalist and explorer Alfred Russel Wallace, who described it in 1858.
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