Remembering Dr. Ajith Kumar (By Divya Karnad for Mongabay India) india.mongabay.com/2025/03/an-o...

An ode to joy: remembering Ajith Kumar [Obituary]

Leading wildlife biologist and educator whose career spanned four decades, Ajith Kumar, died on March 1 while on a field trip.

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I've known Dr. Ajith through some friends who were his students, and they're all devastated. Dr. Ajith was an incredible mentor, with unwavering support for young/old folks who wanted to chart out their own paths in wildlife research in India. He leaves behind a gaping hole in hundreds of hearts.

This week's roundup of some select Newswire short news stories @mongabay.bsky.social 1. Camera traps in a community conservation area in the Niger Delta took the first videos of the critically endangered red colobus monkeys! Story by @spoorthyraman.bsky.social news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

First Niger Delta red colobus monkey videos reflect community conservation success

Camera traps installed in December 2024 in a community conservation area in the Niger Delta have captured the first videos of elusive and critically endangered red colobus monkeys. The news comes afte...

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There's a gentleman in Chennai, who sometimes sends me pictures and videos of marine wildlife that he spots from his neighbourhood beach. Over the past month, it's mostly been dead olive ridley turtles washing ashore. A few days ago, he sent me this video of dolphins - definitely not dead 😍

Thinking of doing a weekly recap of some select Newswire stories, which are super-short news we publish @mongabay.bsky.social. Some from this week. 1. The legendary Wisdom, known to be the oldest known living wild bird, is raising a new chick at 74! (story by me) news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known bird at 74, has a new chick

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, made headlines recently for laying an egg with a new partner, her first egg in four years. The egg has now hatched, and Wisdom, a Laysan albatross (Phoebast...

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A proposed wind power project in Sri Lanka by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, which ran into opposition from environmentalists due to multiple potential ecological impacts, particularly on migratory bird species, has come to halt. Five lawsuits were filed against the company by environmental orgs.

India’s Adani withdraws from controversial Sri Lanka wind power project

COLOMBO — In a dramatic turn of events, Indian tycoon Gautam Adani’s Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has withdrawn from the second phase of a proposed wind power project in northern Sri Lanka. The project...

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A new paper in Nature Climate Change shows that there is limited accountability for corporations that don't meet their climate targets. But what about the ones that do? Is it actually leading to systemic decarbonization? Not so much, says @ketanjoshi.co Our conversation on @mongabay.bsky.social :

Many companies meet climate pledges on paper — not on the ground, analyst says

A recent paper in the journal Nature Climate Change concludes there is limited accountability for corporations that fail to achieve their climate change mitigation targets. Lofty sounding initiatives ...

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Lovely to see Rohan Chakravarty aka Green Humour now officially creating cartoons for @mongabay.bsky.social ! His second one is based on a short I wrote: news.mongabay.com/custom-story... (the short: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...)

Things are looking up for near-extinct Siberian cranes (cartoon)

The critically endangered Siberian Crane gets a bit of a breather, thanks to the securing of its stopover sites along the Russia-China migratory path, according to the International Crane Foundation. ...

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"Conservation projects across the world are reeling from the Trump administration’s abrupt decision to shut down USAID and freeze foreign aid, as groups large and small scramble to fill sudden funding gaps for nature and wildlife protection." By @shokes.bsky.social for @mongabay.bsky.social

Across the world, conservation projects reel after abrupt US funding cuts

Conservation projects across the world are reeling from the Trump administration’s abrupt decision to shut down USAID and freeze foreign aid, as groups large and small scramble to fill sudden funding ...

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Two neat examples of humans relying on the superior sniffing abilities of our friends for conservation. 1. Africa giant pouched rats that can sniff out pangolin scales, elephant ivory and rhino horns. Watch this video by @mongabay.bsky.social's excellent video team www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xwg...

Giant Rats: Sniffing Out Wildlife Crime | Wild Targets

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Two interesting forest-department-led strategies for managing human-elephant conflict in India. Many questions about what they'll achieve. 1. In Valparai, there are now solar posts with sensors that produce an alarm when an animal crosses them (By MongabayIndia) india.mongabay.com/video/2024/1...

Can invisible solar fences prevent elephant-human conflicts in Valparai?

Frequent interactions between humans and wildlife define life in Valparai, Tamil Nadu, where the surrounding dense forests of the Western Ghats are fragmented and scattered amidst its sprawling tea es...

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I hear good things about this site, so I'll start by saying hello, I'm an editor for @mongabay.bsky.social's new newswire vertical. We produce very short (breaking) news like this one the Guardian republished. The turtle deaths have slowed but haven't stopped yet. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Over 1,100 dead olive ridley turtles wash ashore in southern India

More than 1,100 dead olive ridley turtles have washed ashore on the beaches of Tamil Nadu state in southern India this month. Most were found near the state capital, Chennai. “I never heard [of] such ...

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