Welcome back. Today at Think Wildlife Foundation we are going to address a positive and a successful story of how we humans saved an excellent climber “The Alpine Ibex” from the brink of extinction. We always talk about how wildlife is in the danger, how some species are in the danger some are on the […]
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Lions are one of the most charismatic species on the earth. At the present moment, the formerly continuously distributed lion species has already been eradicated from major Middle Eastern countries as well as from the Americas and Europe. Only 20, 000 wild lions remain in Africa. In fact, lions have already become a threatened species.
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Invasive species or exotic species or introduced species are organisms that are non-native to a geographical region that disrupts the ecological balance of the system it colonizes. The reason behind their widespread reproduction and rapid colonization of habitat is the absence of a natural predator in the region that they have invaded. Therefore, there are
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The breaking of large, contiguous, forested areas into smaller pieces of the forest is forest fragmentation. These pieces are usually separated by roads, agriculture, utility corridors, subdivisions, or other human development. Fragmentation is a matter of concern primarily because of its impact on the conservation of biological diversity. It affects the size and quality of
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India bears one of the most unique amphibian megafauna in the world despite not being recognised as such on a global scale. About 156 new endemic amphibian species have been discovered in India since 2000, with an average of 10 new species every year. The count and conservation of these endemic species weren’t taken too
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Planet Earth came into existence billions of years ago. Ever since, it has undergone drastic changes over time. The change in the climatic conditions over millions of years has led us to such a beautiful planet filled with mountains, rivers, grassland oceans, and many more eye-captivating landscapes. Mother nature also provides us with an abundance
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Tripura is one of the seven states in North East India. It is surrounded by deltaic basins on three sides. The Tropic of Cancer passes through this hilly state. The state has diverse ecosystems that range from freshwater wetlands to grasslands and forests. It is located in the bio-geographic zone and is extremely rich in
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Phenotypic plasticity is the ability of a genotype to produce varied phenotypes depending on the underlying environmental conditions faced during the organism’s development. A population’s inability to rapidly adapt to abrupt and significant variation in environmental conditions, often leads to their extinction. In such scenarios, the ability of an individuals to express different phenotypes, with
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Image scoring, often called eavesdropping, is the occurrence where by information pertaining to interacting individuals is derived by a separate bystander (Bshary and Grutter, 2006). The information is utilized by the bystander to optimize its behaviour in future interactions with either of the presently interacting individuals (Bshary and Grutter, 2006). Image scoring is commonly observed
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Amongst the most challenging biological enigmas is how avian flight evolved. This can be attributed to the contradicting features of the oldest accepted avian, the Archaeopteryx. Extant birds also possess anextensive diversity with varied flying mechanisms, which further complicates the conundrum. Historically, there has been a strong debate around two hypotheses, namely the Cursorial and
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