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Is This The Answer To "Disease X"? Scientists Identify Crucial Prevention Strategy
The World Health Organization sounds the alarm on the inevitable emergence of "Disease X," urging preparedness for the next pandemic.
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Watch: Karnataka Elephant Filmed 'Smoking'. What It Was Actually Doing
The astonishing video shows an elephant picking up something from the burnt forest floor and 'smoking' it. The incident took place in Karnataka's Nagarahole National Park.
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Rare Siamese Crocodile Eggs Found In Cambodia
The clutch of fist-sized eggs was discovered this week by environmental officers and local villagers near a pond in southwestern Koh Kong province, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which assisted with the discovery.
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US Announces Near-Total Ban On African Elephant Ivory Trade
US authorities on Thursday announced a near-total ban on the trade of African elephant ivory, finalizing a years-long push to fight the poaching of the threatened animals.
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10 Cambodians Arrested Over Illegal Logging Patrol Murders
Ten people, including a soldier, have been arrested over the murders of a forest ranger and a policeman who were investigating illegal logging in Cambodia, officials said today.
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US Crushes Ton of Ivory in New York's Times Square
A ton of illegal ivory carved into decorative objects was destroyed in New York's Times Square today as US officials denounced poaching that kills thousands of elephants a year.
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'Extinct' Myanmar Bird Rediscovered After 73 Years
A bird that was long thought to have gone extinct has been rediscovered in Myanmar after a team of scientists used a recording of its distinctive call to track it down.
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Expert Group Questions Methodology Adopted For Tiger Census
A day after tiger census declared a 30 per cent jump in big cat population, a wildlife expert group questioned the procedure India adopted for the estimation, saying the method used cannot yield "sufficiently refined results" to accurately measure changes in tiger numbers.
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Bangladesh Oil Spill 'Threatens Rare Dolphins'
Bangladesh officials warned today that an oil spill from a crashed tanker is threatening endangered dolphins and other wildlife in the massive Sundarbans mangrove region, branding the leak an ecological "catastrophe".
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Protecting Wildlife Goes Hi-Tech, and Gets Harder
Those who want to protect elephants and rhinoceroses in Africa often face dangerous criminal traffickers who are bold, enterprising and well-equipped, leaders said at the US-Africa summit this week.
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Leopard kept at District Collector's home to 'entertain' people
Odisha officials have drawn flak after a captured male leopard was brought to the residence of a district collector to "entertain" people in the area. The leopard had entered a shop in the district headquarters town of Sonepur, about 280 km from here July 4, from nearby forests.
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NDTV follows the wandering tiger
Earlier this month, NDTV travelled to the Bhadra Tiger Reserve in north Karnataka to film the release of a captured wild tiger and it was an incredible sight indeed.The tiger captured near Shimoga after it killed a man. Now, after a team of tiger researchers have studied images of the released animal, it turns out it had made a journey covering hun...
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Is This The Answer To "Disease X"? Scientists Identify Crucial Prevention Strategy
The World Health Organization sounds the alarm on the inevitable emergence of "Disease X," urging preparedness for the next pandemic.
-
Watch: Karnataka Elephant Filmed 'Smoking'. What It Was Actually Doing
The astonishing video shows an elephant picking up something from the burnt forest floor and 'smoking' it. The incident took place in Karnataka's Nagarahole National Park.
-
Rare Siamese Crocodile Eggs Found In Cambodia
The clutch of fist-sized eggs was discovered this week by environmental officers and local villagers near a pond in southwestern Koh Kong province, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which assisted with the discovery.
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US Announces Near-Total Ban On African Elephant Ivory Trade
US authorities on Thursday announced a near-total ban on the trade of African elephant ivory, finalizing a years-long push to fight the poaching of the threatened animals.
-
10 Cambodians Arrested Over Illegal Logging Patrol Murders
Ten people, including a soldier, have been arrested over the murders of a forest ranger and a policeman who were investigating illegal logging in Cambodia, officials said today.
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US Crushes Ton of Ivory in New York's Times Square
A ton of illegal ivory carved into decorative objects was destroyed in New York's Times Square today as US officials denounced poaching that kills thousands of elephants a year.
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'Extinct' Myanmar Bird Rediscovered After 73 Years
A bird that was long thought to have gone extinct has been rediscovered in Myanmar after a team of scientists used a recording of its distinctive call to track it down.
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Expert Group Questions Methodology Adopted For Tiger Census
A day after tiger census declared a 30 per cent jump in big cat population, a wildlife expert group questioned the procedure India adopted for the estimation, saying the method used cannot yield "sufficiently refined results" to accurately measure changes in tiger numbers.
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Bangladesh Oil Spill 'Threatens Rare Dolphins'
Bangladesh officials warned today that an oil spill from a crashed tanker is threatening endangered dolphins and other wildlife in the massive Sundarbans mangrove region, branding the leak an ecological "catastrophe".
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Protecting Wildlife Goes Hi-Tech, and Gets Harder
Those who want to protect elephants and rhinoceroses in Africa often face dangerous criminal traffickers who are bold, enterprising and well-equipped, leaders said at the US-Africa summit this week.
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Leopard kept at District Collector's home to 'entertain' people
Odisha officials have drawn flak after a captured male leopard was brought to the residence of a district collector to "entertain" people in the area. The leopard had entered a shop in the district headquarters town of Sonepur, about 280 km from here July 4, from nearby forests.
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NDTV follows the wandering tiger
Earlier this month, NDTV travelled to the Bhadra Tiger Reserve in north Karnataka to film the release of a captured wild tiger and it was an incredible sight indeed.The tiger captured near Shimoga after it killed a man. Now, after a team of tiger researchers have studied images of the released animal, it turns out it had made a journey covering hun...
