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ZSI to study small animal species in western Indian region

The study is conducted in three wildlife sanctuaries, including one in Maharashtra, and the centre plans to expand it by adding three more sanctuaries

The work on the survey project sanctioned in April 2024 started in January this year. (HT PHOTO)
Published on Feb 06, 2025 06:42 AM IST

India begins geotagging horsheshoe crabs

ZSI and Odisha forest department tag horseshoe crabs to study their population and habitat.

India is home to two species of horseshoe crabs (which are actually not true crabs), Tachypleus gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (mangrove), and both are found along the country’s eastern coast. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 21, 2024 06:31 AM IST
ByDebabrata Mohanty, Bhubaneswar

Odisha starts tagging of horseshoe crabs to track their population, habitat

India is home to two species of horseshoe crabs — Tachypleus gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (mangrove).

A horseshoe crab being tagged by the Zoological Survey of India. (Photo by Basudev Tripathy)
Updated on Aug 20, 2024 01:44 PM IST
ByDebabrata Mohanty

ZSI discovered 14 new animal species in Maha in 2023

The ZSI is a premier research institute functioning under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change

Among the 25 Arachnid species reported for the first time in India, two belong to Maharashtra (Steatoda Erigoniformis and Myrmarachne Spissa). (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jul 11, 2024 07:04 AM IST

In biodiversity push, India prepares first list of 100k faunal species

India becomes the first country to release a checklist of its entire fauna, covering 104,561 species.

Union minister Bhupender Yadav in Kolkata on Sunday. (PTI)
Updated on Jul 01, 2024 06:08 AM IST
By, New Delhi
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