Wetland habitat in the refuge supports a dozen endangered and threatened species found nowhere else in the world, including the famed Devil’s Hole pupfish. The campaign for the mineral withdrawal ...

For example, it is called Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Bhogali Bihu in Assam, and Uttarayana in Gujarat. Gujarat is famous for its kite festival (Uttarayan) during Makar Sankranti. Flying kites is symbolic ...

Reaching the isolated forests where these new snail species were discovered required researchers to navigate steep mountains and dense rainforests, highlighting the challenges faced in documenting the ...

Bird-watchers may be able to see egrets, herons, ospreys, snail kites, wood storks ... It created 3,600 acres of new wetlands and 19.7 billion gallons of new water storage — 16.5 in the ...

Habitat there has been destroyed by rats, mice and goats that were brought to the island by humans. It was thought that all these invasive predators had eaten the tiny snails to extinction.

We drew from our experience of studying urban flooding in India – Chennai in 2015 and Kochi in 2018 – and found something common in all cases: all three cities had lost substantial tracts of ...

Despite their name, African Giant snails can be found in various habitats. They are native to East Africa but have now spread to many other regions worldwide, including Asia, the Caribbean, and South ...

and pollution— have led to the decline of habitat specialist snails like Paludomus sp. and Paracrostoma sp., while more generalist species such as Racesina luteola have managed to thrive and ...

Audubon works to ensure that we have clean and abundant water in rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands, and marshes in landscapes where this is paramount to birds’ survival. Audubon connects science, ...

Bradford Council says land previously targeted by fly-tippers could be transformed into a new wetland habitat. Initial work had started at the ex-Baildon Moor reservoir site, the council said ...

International Kite Day 2024: International Kite Day begins annually during Makar Sankranti on January 14 and concludes on January 15. The dates have been proclaimed public holidays in Gujarat so that ...

Two golfers cut through wetlands habitat in the Baylands Golf Links on Wednesday, June 14, while a third uses the paved pathway. Photo by Sue Dremann. When the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course ...