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‘This is the first time it was found stranding on State coastline’ Scientists have said that the 10-ft long whale that was washed ashore at Mogaveerapatna in Ullal, off Mangaluru, on Thursday was a False Killer Whale (Pseudorca Crassidens). According to Prathibha Rohit, principal scientist and head of Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mangaluru, this is the first time a False Killer Whale was found stranding on Karnataka coastline. The earlier incidents of stranding of this mammal was reported in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Andaman and Ni...

The Addicted Gardener: Plants, animals added to 'Red List' of endangered species Donna Lane, Columnist On Dec. 10, the International Union for Conservation of Nature updated its Red List, an inventory of threatened species maintained by the organization and a critical indicator of the health of the world’s biodiversity. In this Red List update, 31 species were declared extinct. And, of the now 128,918 species listed, more than 35,700 species are currently threatened with extinction. That’s almost 30% of all plant and animal species evaluated by the group. The species listed include all o...

11% of Indian sharks, rays and chimaeras face high risk of extinction, finds IUCN assessment Updated: Updated: December 18, 2020 19:23 IST Significant change recorded since the 2014 assessment of this group of marine fishes, note ZSI experts Share Article This image provided by NOAA shows a deep-sea Chimaera. File   | Photo Credit: AP Significant change recorded since the 2014 assessment of this group of marine fishes, note ZSI experts A recent assessment of sharks, rays and chimaeras by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Shark Specialist Group in the Indian Exclu...

BirdGuides c6675bb9-9b14-449e-b047-84eaa98830a3 There have been mixed results for the world's animals following this year's update to the IUCN Red List of threatened species. Ahead of the annual update on bird species the analysis for other taxa was announced. Sadly, some 31 extinctions have been announced and all of the world's freshwater dolphin species are now globally threatened. However, European Bison has moved from Vulnerable to Near Threatened, thanks to years of conservation efforts. European Bison has been downgraded ffrom Vulnerable to Near Threatened followi...

New Red List reveals 31 extinct species - and some conservation successes James Gabriel Martin 11 December 2020 The Mountain Pygmy Possum (Burramys parvus) is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN © The AGE / Fairfax Media via Getty Images Brand new data released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has shown that an additional 31 animal species have become extinct, with an extremely worrying trend outlined for fresh water dolphins, as well as a number of species of sharks and rays.  There are now 128,918 species on the IUCN Red List, of which 35,765 are...