Meat-loving predator survived 35 million years
December 7th, 2011 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Dec 7 (IANS) An ancient predator with serrated teeth, streamlined body and a ravenous appetite for meat outlived a major extinction at a time when the distant relatives of ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
With 200 tigers, Corbett turns a proud 75 (With Image)
September 11th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Ramnagar (Uttarakhand), Sep 11 (IANS) One of the nurseries of India's tiger conservation movement and Asia's first endeavour to have a national park, the Corbett National Park turns 75 this ... Read more...
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British family shares home with 80 animals
November 27th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 27 (IANS) A British family shares its home with an amazing collection of 80 exotic animals that include boa constrictors, pythons and tarantula spiders.Alan Hewitt, 44, and his wife Heather, ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
122 animals rescued from Games venues
October 28th, 2010 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) As many as 122 animals, including four cobras, were rescued from venues of the just concluded Commonwealth Games, officials said Thursday."We rescued 122 animals, including ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Uttar Pradesh denied permission for Upper Ganga Canal Expressway
August 3rd, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Aug 3 (IANS) The central environment and forests ministry has refused Uttar Pradesh permission to build the 148-km-long Upper Ganga Canal Expressway, contending that the project would result in massive deforestation ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Greens up against Mayawati’s dream expressway (With Image)
June 6th, 2010 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
By S.P. Singh
Ghaziabad, June 6 (IANS) Chief Minister Mayawati's dream project of an eight-lane expressway from Greater Noida to Saharanpur along the Upper Ganges Canal in Uttar Pradesh has generated much controversy, ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Scientists identify 3 new monitor lizards from Philippines
May 18th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 18 (ANI): Scientists have discovered two new monitor lizard species and one new subspecies in the Philippines.German scientist Andre Koch from the Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn together ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Lizard liquor creates stir in Malaysia!
April 8th, 2010 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Apr 8 (ANI): Some Vietnamese workers are making news for creating a special brew-homemade liquor fermented with the carcass of monitor lizards.Employed at furniture factories, the workers have claimed that ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Secretive New Lizard Species Traced In Philippines
April 7th, 2010 - 7:56 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Philippines, Apr 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Deep in the forests of Northern Philippines, a new species of lizard has been discovered. The reptile has been categorized as a variant of the ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Florida Python Hunt Is On
March 9th, 2010 - 8:56 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Florida, Mar 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The hunters who have a penchant for killing the big reptiles can rejoice as the special hunting season for killing Pythons has started in Florida ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Komodo Dragon most likely evolved in Australia 3-4 mln yrs ago
September 30th, 2009 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 30 (ANI): A team of palaeontologists and archaeologists, who studied fossil evidence from Australia, Timor, Flores, Java and India, has shown that Komodo Dragons most likely evolved in Australia around ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Two thirds of all species of freshwater crab maybe at risk of going extinct
July 28th, 2009 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 28 (ANI): A new survey has indicated that two thirds of all species of freshwater crab maybe at risk of going extinct, with one in six species particularly vulnerable.According to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Toxic cane toad causes mass croc deaths in Australia
June 28th, 2008 - 3:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 28 (ANI): The high mortality rate of dead freshwater crocodiles in Australias Northern Territory, is a result of the toxic and invasive cane toad, which have become a regular ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Monitor lizards, jackals, birds being chased off Delhi airport runway (Lead)
June 17th, 2008 - 8:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Authorities here launched an operation Tuesday to capture large monitor lizards, jackals and birds that strayed from nearby wastelands and took refuge on a runway at the ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Monitor lizards, jackals being relocated from Delhi airport
June 17th, 2008 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Airport authorities here launched an operation Tuesday to capture monitor lizards, jackals and birds that took refuge on a runway the day before and disrupted flights for ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Malaysian illegal wildlife traders charged with torturing pythons
May 31st, 2008 - 6:34 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Kuala Lumpur, May 31 (DPA) A Malaysian court has charged two men allegedly involved in illegal wildlife trading with torturing 70 pythons by keeping them in a sack and sealing their mouths ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Lizards foraging techniques influence their ability to walk, run
April 22nd, 2008 - 1:06 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Apr 22 (ANI): Researchers studying animal behaviours have revealed that lizards hunting styles affect their ability to walk and run.Doctoral student Eric McElroy along with his team studied the mobility ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Malaysian wildlife officials save wok-bound monitor lizards
April 7th, 2008 - 1:05 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Kuala Lumpur, April 7 (DPA) Malaysian wildlife officers seized 222 endangered clouded monitor lizards believed to be bound for cooking pots at restaurants in neighbouring countries, a news report said Monday. Six ... Read more...
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