City-based NGO Swazon has moved the Calcutta High Court alleging 'gross administrative negligence' at the British-era zoo, one of the country's oldest.
Apart from insights into animal behaviour and physiology, biologging allows scientists to access remote locations that are otherwise difficult to study.
A study published in the Journal of Behavioural Ecology has found that mammals, fish, birds and even insects benefit from inherited wealth and abilities.
Two groups of researchers sampled DNA from the air in two European zoos and discovered a wealth of genetic material, including from animals outside the zoo and meat fed to animals.
In ‘Leopard Diaries’, Sanjay Gubbi writes that unlike the tiger, the leopard is not a choosy eater — but what it eats usually is fast running out where it lives in India.
Last known thylacine or Tasmanian tiger died in captivity in an Australian zoo in 1936. New study suggests the animal possibly survived up until a few decades ago.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
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