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As Rajasthan announces three conservation reserves to protect the Great Indian Bustard and demoiselle crane, we look at 10 successful initiatives that have safeguarded species from extinction.

Ancient hunting traps called desert kites are incredible, massive formations built by hunters to funnel herds of animals to slaughter.

KATHMANDU — A spark of good news for the gharial crocodile (Gavialis gangeticus) in Nepal last month shouldn’t obscure the challenges that remain in conserving the critically endangered species, experts say. On June 15, just two days before World Crocodile Day, 28 gharial hatchlings were spotted in a tributary of Nepal’s Karnali River — the […]

A recent study investigated how changing land use will alter where rodent zoonotic hazard increases or decreases across the globe.

Follow Dec. 21, 2020 Among the great mysteries bedeviling science are dark matter (what is it?), death (do we have to?) and what fleas are. Meaning, where do they belong on the tree of life? Now that last conundrum has been put to bed by University of Bristol undergrad Erik Tihelka. They are scorpionflies, a distant cousin of the fly. Specifically, the closest living relatives of fleas are the scorpionfly family Nannochoristidae, “a rare group with only seven species native to the southern h...