In January 2021, the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) took a series of decisions — one of them was to denotify a wildlife sanctuary in the Nicobar Islands. The standing committee of the board noted ...
The Pacific's last megapode - a bird with large feet that uses hot volcanic ash to incubate its eggs - has been rescued from the brink of extinction, researchers said. Dr Dick Watling, an independent ...
Elen Shute received funding from Flinders University and Birdlife Australia for this project. Gavin Prideaux receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Trevor Worthy received funding from ...
This week was for the birds — in a good way: Two previously endangered species seem to be enjoying a rebound. The population of the once desperately rare Polynesian Megapode has doubled and the bird ...
The tsunami 2004 has wiped away a significant 70 per cent population of the Nicobar megapode, an endemic coastal living bird species in Nicobar and Andaman island, says a recently published study. NEW ...
This study on the impact of the 2004 tsunami on the Nicobar megapode Megapodius nicobariensis, endemic coastal living bird species in the Nicobar group of islands showed a significant decline (nearly ...
The people of Nusa Simbo are blessed. Their soil is rich because of the volcanoes, their sea is brimming with fish and they are the keepers of a mysterious bird they call the Lape (Melanesia megapode) ...
Three leading hospitality groups have won bids to build luxury eco-friendly tourism resorts at Long Island, Aves Island and Shaheed Dweep (Neil Island) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, while ...