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Hanging solar fences effectively tackling man-elephant conflict in Assam The Assam forest department's hanging solar-powered electric fences have turned out to be an effective tool in keeping wild pachyderms at bay, thus addressing the problem of man-elephant conflict in some forest fringe areas, an official said on Monday. The two km-long solar-powered fence from Nalapara …

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From Spiders to snakes, Assam is amazing scientists by it's biodiversity Two species of spiders sharing the same space – the Jharbari range of western Assam’s Chirang Reserve Forest – have spun a web of cheer for fauna in India. Gravelyia boro Gravelyia boro, the burrow spider, is new to science. Dexippus kleini, the oriental …

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Ladakh pitches for a new state bird and animal after getting union territory status The bifurcation of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019 led to the creation of two separate union territories – Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Among the many new tasks in front of the new local administrations was the identification …

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World's tiniest pig, once thought extinct, returning to the wild In the thick, tall grasslands of the Himalaya foothills lives the endangered pygmy hog, a species so small its piglets can fit in your pocket. Standing about 10 inches tall, the shy animal once roamed the border regions of India, Nepal, and Bhutan, snuffling about …

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Newly described scorpion species highlight need for more research and conservation Of the seven scorpion species described since last year, from the Western Ghats, by Institute of Natural History Education and Research (INHER), Pune, three are bark-dwelling scorpions and the remaining are rock-dwelling. A scorpion belonging to the Isometrus species Scorpions are a highly understudied …

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8 Asiatic Lions at Hyderabad Zoo Test Positive for Covid-19, recovering well ​In what can be confirmed as first incident of animals contracting Coronavirus in India, eight Asiatic Lions at the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad have tested positive for the novel Coronavirus. RT-PCR tests of the infected animals were conducted by the Centre for …