90 whales stranded on New Zealand beach
January 23rd, 2012 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, Jan 23 (IANS) A pod of about 90 pilot whales has grounded itself on a beach in New Zealand's South Island in the latest of a series of whale ... Read more...
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Mass whale stranding on New Zealand beach
November 15th, 2011 - 9:24 am ICT by IANS
Wellington, Nov 15 (IANS) Thirty-one pilot whales have died and 34 more are stranded on New Zealand's South Island, Xinhua reported Tuesday.The conservation department said the stranded whales have beached ... Read more...
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100 crocodiles escape from flood-hit Thailand farm
October 11th, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Oct 11 (IANS) Thai authorities are looking for about 100 crocodiles that escaped from a farm in a flood-hit province.About 100 crocodiles escaped Sunday when the crocodile farm in ... Read more...
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Antarctic penguin takes wrong turn, ends 4,000 miles away
June 24th, 2011 - 10:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 24 (IANS) A penguin took a wrong turn in the Antarctic and landed up some 4,000 miles away in New Zealand, a media report said Friday.The ten-month-old bird ... Read more...
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107 whales die on New Zealand beach
February 22nd, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Stewart Island, Feb 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) About 107 pilot whales that were stranded on a beach in New Zealand have died.48 of the mammals were euphemized and the others died naturally. Officials ... Read more...
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Rubber cultivation gains in popularity over traditional farming in Assam
June 18th, 2010 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
By Peter Alex ToddGuwahati, June 18 (ANI): Farmers of Assam are taking up the highly lucrative rubber cultivation on a large scale and as future prospects of the rubber industry grow brighter, ... Read more...
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Teen fights a shark with her body board
February 3rd, 2010 - 1:26 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Wellington, Feb 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A teenager in New Zealand didn’t get scared when a shark attacked her. She bashed the shark with her body board, until the shark let her go ... Read more...
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Experts use videocameras to study tortoise behaviour in Galapagos
May 17th, 2009 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Quito, May 17 (EFE) Scientists have fitted videocameras on three giant tortoises in Galapagos National Park in Ecuador to understand the behaviour of these ancient animals.
The project "consists ... Read more...
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Orissa Police face flak for custodial torture
December 26th, 2008 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Dec 26 (IANS) Human rights activists in Orissa Friday raised a furore over alleged torture of a government employee in police custody earlier this week.Akshaya Kumar Mohanty, a section officer in ... Read more...
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Conservationist accidentally kills one of world’s rarest birds
July 5th, 2008 - 7:40 am ICT by IANS
DPA
Wellington, July 5 (DPA) A conservation worker in New Zealand has killed a flightless takahe - one of the world's rarest birds - by mistake, it was reported Saturday. The takahe was ... Read more...
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Nepal’s tiger population plummets (Lead)
July 2nd, 2008 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 2 (IANS) Hit by rampant poaching and a rocketing trade in organs, the number of tigers is plummeting in Nepal, that once boasted of the third-largest population of ... Read more...
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Alarming fall in the number of Nepal’s endangered tigers
July 2nd, 2008 - 12:56 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Kathmandu, July 2 (DPA) A survey into the number of Nepal's endangered tigers has shown the population has declined to dangerous levels, reports said Wednesday. The survey carried out in western Nepal's ... Read more...
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Nepal’s endangered rhino population rebounding
March 24th, 2008 - 2:18 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Kathmandu, March 24 (DPA) Nepal's endangered one-horned rhinoceros population is increasing in protected national parks, officials involved in a recent census of the animal population said Monday. The census was carried out ... Read more...
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Dolphin guides two stranded whales out to sea
March 12th, 2008 - 5:05 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Wellington, March 12 (DPA) A friendly dolphin saved two pygmy sperm whales stranded off a New Zealand beach, steering them out to sea, according to a Conservation Department worker quoted in a ... Read more...
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Rampaging jumbo instils fear among people in Bijnaur
December 4th, 2007 - 8:32 pm ICT by admin
Bijnaur (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 4 (ANI): At least six people have died so far in mayhems that an elephant has been creating in Bijnaur District in Uttar Pradesh for the past few ... Read more...
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