VARANASI: In a joint operation by police and forest department, 175 turtles weighing over 15 quintals, were seized near Mohansarai bypass in Rohania area on Saturday.
The turtles were being smuggled to West Bengal for being sold in international market. The smugglers managed to escape. The polic
KOLKATA: Over 170 species of birds in the country are threatened, with eight new species added to the 2014 Red List prepared by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
The eight species of birds newly added to the threatened list include the woolly-necked stork, Andaman teal,
LUCKNOW: Camera traps have shown more tigers in the core area of Dudhwa tiger reserve this time. The initial estimates for two years, 2011 to 2013, have shown 72 to 80 tigers in the core area of the reserve.
Tiger census 2010-11 had counted 118 tigers in Dudhwa reserve. "The final count this tim
WARANGAL: Nearly 60 peacocks were found dead in Chitur village of Lingala Ghanapur mandal early on Monday morning. The peacocks died as a result of drinking poisonous water. It is learnt the farmers in the area used pesticides in the fields and the peacocks which drank the water in which the pestici
