LIONESS GAVE FOSTER CARE TO LEOPARD CUB IN GIR NATIONAL PARK
Focus: GS-III Environment and Ecology Why is news? A lioness in Gujarat’s Gir National Park gave foster care to a leopard cub for more than a month. A study has noted their short-lived bonding as a rare case of foster care between two competing feline species. Elephant seals and sea lions are known to adopt […]
WATER CRISIS LOOMS LARGE IN HIMALAYAN REGIONS
Focus: GS-III Environment and Ecology Why in news? Eight towns in the Himalayan region of Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Pakistan were nearly 20%-70% deficient in their water supply, says a survey. Unplanned urbanisation and climate change are the key factors responsible for the state of affairs. Dependence on Springs The places surveyed are extremely dependent […]
INDIA IS HOST TO 457 MIGRATORY FAUNA- CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES (CMS)LIST
Focus: GS-III Environment and Ecology, Prelims Why in news? With new additions to the wildlife list put out by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species (CMS), scientists say that the total number of migratory fauna from India comes to 457 species. Birds comprise 83% (380 species) of these 457 species. Details The Zoological […]
EXPLAINED: WHY SNOW IN ANTARCTICA IS TURNING BLOOD-RED
Focus: GS-III Environment and Ecology Why in news? Snow around Ukraine’s Vernadsky Research Base, located off the coast of Antarctica’s northernmost peninsula, has started to take on a red tinge, courtesy of an algae that thrives in freezing weather. Because of the red tinge, the snow is often dubbed “watermelon snow”. Why is the snow […]