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BNHS on mission to save Finn's Weaver from extinction

Finn’s Weaver has been listed as Endangered by BirdLife International since 2022.

30 June 2023, 05:46 IST

Efforts on by BNHS to save Finn's Weaver from extinction

Efforts on by BNHS to save Finn's Weaver from extinction

BNHS on mission to save Finn's Weaver from extinction

30 June 2023, 05:46 IST

Lesser Florican faces severe threat

The Mumbai-headquartered Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) is working extensively to pull these birds out of extinction

13 June 2023, 09:05 IST

Lesser Florican faces severe threat

Lesser Florican faces severe threat

Lesser Florican faces severe threat

13 June 2023, 09:05 IST

The fossil-collector who made ‘extinction’ scientific

Mary Anning was only 12 when she discovered the first dinosaur skeleton, of an ichthyosaur

04 February 2023, 21:07 IST

The fossil-collector who made ‘extinction’ a scientific concept

The fossil-collector who made ‘extinction’ a scientific concept

The fossil-collector who made ‘extinction’ scientific

04 February 2023, 21:07 IST

Extinction crisis puts 1 million species on the brink

In the last five centuries, hundreds of unique animals have vanished across the world, such as the flightless Dodo bird

23 December 2022, 19:04 IST

Extinction crisis puts 1 million species on the brink

Extinction crisis puts 1 million species on the brink

Extinction crisis puts 1 million species on the brink

23 December 2022, 19:04 IST

Explained: What drove the cheetah to extinction?

Hunting and poaching are the most important factors of the cheetah’s extinction. But there are some unknown ones, too

18 September 2022, 09:35 IST

Explained | Factors that pushed cheetah, the docile cat, to extinction in India

Explained | Factors that pushed cheetah, the docile cat, to extinction in India

Explained: What drove the cheetah to extinction?

18 September 2022, 09:35 IST

Gentle dugongs functionally extinct in Chinese waters

The dugong, whose diet is highly dependent on sea grass, has been classified as a Grade 1 National Key Protected Animal since 1988 by China's Sate Council

24 August 2022, 07:10 IST

Gentle dugongs functionally extinct in Chinese waters

Gentle dugongs functionally extinct in Chinese waters

Gentle dugongs functionally extinct in Chinese waters

24 August 2022, 07:10 IST

How the end-Triassic mass extinction happened

Bathed in toxic waters with no oxygen to breathe, marine life — on top of being dissolved alive — was all but doomed

04 February 2022, 04:41 IST

Dissolving in toxic oceans: How an ancient extinction happened

Dissolving in toxic oceans: How an ancient extinction happened

How the end-Triassic mass extinction happened

04 February 2022, 04:41 IST

Artificial selection must to ensure species' survival?

Over generations, natural selection enables species to adapt to threats, but the speed at which threats are developing is outpacing ability to adapt at present

26 January 2022, 07:06 IST

Some endangered species can no longer survive in the wild. So should we alter their genes?

Some endangered species can no longer survive in the wild. So should we alter their genes?

Artificial selection must to ensure species' survival?

26 January 2022, 07:06 IST

War and wildlife

International interventions are needed to protect wildlife during political instability

12 October 2021, 23:47 IST

War and wildlife

War and wildlife

War and wildlife

12 October 2021, 23:47 IST

US to declare 23 species extinct

Government scientists have exhausted efforts to find these 23 species

29 September 2021, 08:30 IST

US to declare 23 species, including ivory-billed woodpecker, extinct

US to declare 23 species, including ivory-billed woodpecker, extinct

US to declare 23 species extinct

29 September 2021, 08:30 IST