Plan to release Asian vulture into the wild by 2016 underway

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 12:30

A project hopes to start releasing captive-bred birds into the wild by 2016, after experiencing the devastation wrought by a drug on Asian vulture populations.

Dinosaurs` foot-prints found in Jaisalmer

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 19:15

A team of foreign and Indian scientists have spotted the foot-prints of Dinosaurs at Thaiat village in Jaisalmer district, the sources said on Monday.

34 foreign scientists in Jaisalmer to study Dinosaurs` fossils

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 02:16

A team of 34 foreign scientists from a number of countries including France and Germany have arrived here to study fossils of Dinosaurs found in sandy desert areas recently.

Climate change 375 mn years ago may have lead to mass extinction

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 16:22

Researchers have found proof for catastrophic oceanographic events linked with climate change and a mass extinction 375 million years ago that devastated tropical marine ecosystems.

The strange tale of the lizard`s breath

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 09:34

Air flows through lizard lungs in one direction, a finding that may prompt a rethink about how some species evolved following Earth`s biggest mass extinction, a study said on Wednesday.

Crater linked to dinosaur extinction mapped

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 19:10

Scientists have for the first time created a detailed map of the underwater crater that possibly led to the extinction of dinosaurs about 65 million years ago.

Acidic rain may have led to mass extinction 250 mn yrs ago

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 11:41

Researchers has revealed that rain as acidic as undiluted lemon juice may have contributed to massive die-offs on land millions of years ago.

Link between Pangea integration and biggest mass extinction revealed

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 14:41

A new study has revealed the mysterious relationship between Pangea integration and the biggest mass extinction that happened 250 million years ago.

Japan`s hunts pushing dolphins, whales to extinction

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 23:55

Environmental Investigation Agency, a voluntary group, Thursday said that Japan`s reliance on outdated data for hunts of small cetaceans has put some species of whales and dolphins at the risk of extinction, The Guardian reported.

`Elephants facing threat of extinction`

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 29, 2013, 21:56

Reigning African Footballer of the Year Yaya Toure, star of Manchester City and Ivory Coast, warned Tuesday that the slaughter of elephants for their ivory was threatening their very existence.

Bees underwent extinction same time as dinos 65 mln yrs ago

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 12:47

A new study claimed that bees also underwent massive extinction when dinosaurs did millions of years ago.

Jackie Chan supports docu-film exposing illegal wildlife trade

Last Updated: Sunday, October 20, 2013, 12:35

Jackie Chan has joined the fight against the slaughter of elephants for ivory products by throwing his support behind the Canada-Germany co-production `Gambling on Extinction`.