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Tree Islands in Sumatra’s Oil Palm Plantations Boost Biodiversity with 400 m² Patches Restoring 90% Native Species in Just Six Years

Southeast Asia’s tropical forests face mounting pressure from palm oil expansion. A groundbreaking six-year experiment in Sumatra reveals how strategic tree islands within oil palm plantations can foster native biodiversity recovery, according

Sunita Somvanshi

November 21, 2024

Nature·Wildlife

AI Analyzes Soundwaves to Track Biodiversity, Detecting 34 Species Across Tropical Habitats

Deep in Malaysian tropical forests, artificial intelligence algorithms are processing soundwaves into spectrograms, producing acoustic data to track wildlife populations. University of Copenhagen researchers have achieved a remarkable accuracy rate at species

Rahul Somvanshi

November 19, 2024

Conservation·Marine Life·Nature

IUCN Report at COP29 Reveals 44% of Coral Species Facing Extinction as Climate Threats Push Reefs to the Brink

A stark reality confronts our ocean ecosystems as 44% of reef-building coral species now face extinction, according to the latest IUCN Red List assessment announced at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. This marks

Karmactive Staff

November 14, 2024

Calidris alpina, Dunlin, moulting into breeding plumage Analogue picture, Leica R-E & Leitz/Telyt 560mm.

Conservation·News·Wildlife

Migratory Bird Crisis as IUCN Reclassifies 16 Species to Higher Threat Levels, Some Populations Drop 30%: COP16 Update

Migratory shorebirds (from Latin limus, meaning ‘living in silt or mud’) are part of the Charadriiformes. They are a relatively diverse group of aquatic birds comprising the following families: Suborder Limicoli, Family

Govind Tekale

November 5, 2024

Discovery·India·Wildlife

New Giant King Cobra Species Confirmed in India’s Western Ghats: DNA Study Differentiates It from 3 Other Cobras, Revealing Traits from 153 Snakes.

In southern India, a giant cobra has captured scientists’ attention. Although it was known, the results of the discovery are now published in the European Journal of Taxonomy, revealing that it is

Rahul Somvanshiand

Karmactive Staff

October 31, 2024

Nature·News·Wildlife

Rare Nilgiri Tit Butterfly Found Using Orchid as Host Plant—How This Orchid Could Help Save Endangered Species

Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu is famous for its hill resort of Ooty and the Lawrence School and Defence Services Staff College. They are also a habitat of butterflies. The discovery of Nilgiri

Govind Tekale

October 25, 2024

Nature·Science·Wildlife

One Third of Europe’s Seed-Dispersing Species Face Decline: Why This Crisis Threatens 190 Native Plants

Europe is experiencing a “worrying seed dispersal crisis,” concluded an international team of researchers led by the University of Coimbra, who published an article in the scientific journal Science this Friday. At

Rahul Somvanshi

October 20, 2024

Conservation·Nature·Wildlife

All Elephant Species on the Brink: Just Under 500,000 Elephants Remain—What’s Driving This Crisis?

The three existing elephant species are on the path to extinction, with just under 500,000 remaining, due to habitat loss, illegal ivory trafficking, and conflicts with local communities, with the global population

Rahul Somvanshi

September 11, 2024

Isolated Indians in a village located in the Brazilian state of Acre.

Forest

Amazon’s Last Guardians: How Indigenous Communities Defend Earth’s Crucial Rainforest Species Amid Growing Threats

Forest also known as the lung of the earth and a source of so many unique species – again and again, is at risk. However, when the world is plunged into darkness,

Swadheeka Pradhan

September 2, 2024

Nature·Science·Wildlife

Tamarin Monkeys Among Only Three Species Including Humans That Use ‘Names’ to Identify Each Other—Discover the Surprising Cognitive Leap

Tamarins use specific vocalizations to identify each other, akin to names—a highly advanced cognitive ability that, apart from humans, had only been discovered in elephants and dolphins, according to a study by

Govind Tekale

August 31, 2024