18 articles in this issue
Paris N. Marler, Solomon Calago, Mélanie Ragon, Lyca Sandrea G Castro
A camera trap survey was conducted in the recently protected Cleopatra’s Needle Critical Habitat (CNCH) in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines from February to May 2015 at 39 camera trap sites. A bait of common pig’s blood was used at 36 site... see more
Puja Sharma, Hari Adhikari, Shankar Tripathi, Ashok Kumar Ram, Rajeev Bhattarai
Asian wild Elephant (Elephas maximus) represents one of the endangered species of large mammals in the world. The study area (Parsa National Park (PNP) and its Buffer zone (BZ)) has been used as corridor and habitat by Elephant. The study aims 1) to asses... see more
Alolika Sinha, Bibhuti Prasad Lahkar, Syed Ainul Hussain
The Endangered Hog Deer Axis porcinus has experienced drastic population declines throughout its geographical range. There is limited knowledge of its current population status, particularly from northeastern India. In this study the populatio... see more
Vivekanand Bahuguna, Ashish Kumar Chowdhary, Shurveer Singh, Gaurav Bhatt, Siddhant Bhardwaj, Nikita Lohani, Satyanand Bahuguna
The ecological diversity of insects and its predators like amphibians are important determinants in ecological balance. A total of 1,222 prey items in 84 specimens were examined to contribute the understanding of the diets of three Duttaphrynus spec... see more
Nilesh R. Thaokar, Payal R. Verma, Raymond J. Andrew
The final emergence of the Coromandel Marsh Dart Damselfly Ceriagrion coromandelianum was studied for 50 days (22 January–12 March, 2011) from the botanical garden of Hislop College, Nagpur, India, (a semi controlled site) where small underground cement t... see more
Johnson Alfred Daniel, Kunchithapatham Ramaraju
Parasitic hymenoptera play a vital role in rice ecosystems as biocontrol agents of pests. Surveys were conducted from August 2015 to January 2016 in three rice growing zones in Tamil Nadu: western zone, Cauvery Delta zone, and high rainfall zone.&nb... see more
Ghosh Ramvilas, Kannan Shalu, Rajeev Raghavan, Kutty Ranjeet
Octocorallia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) comprising over 3,600 nominal species within three orders, Alcyonacea, Helioporacea and Pennatulacea, is one of the most poorly known groups of marine invertebrates. Half of known octocoral species occur in the Indo... see more
Gour Gopal Satpati, Ruma Pal
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is the most modern technique for plankton research. The present paper deals with the taxonomy and morphology of some rare and endangered planktonic chlorophytes in relation to scanning electron microscopy. Wa... see more
Chandra Prakash Kuniyal, Joel Thomas Heinen, Bir Singh Negi, Jagdish Chandra Kaim
Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipsch., (Asteraceae) known in English as Costus, is a threatened Himalayan medicinal plant listed on CITES (2014) Appendix I, Schedule VI of the Wildlife Protection Act (India) 1972, and Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List... see more
Badri Baral, Anju Pokharel, Dipak Raj Basnet, Ganesh Bahadur Magar, Karan Bahadur Shah
One live and another dead Yellow-bellied Weasel were spotted at an altitude of 2,190m and 3,078m, respectively, in Lamsung, Dhaulagiri Rural Municipality, Myagdi and Barekot Rural Municipality, Jajarkot on 1 May 2016 and 16 June 2016 in the afternoon.&nbs... see more
Tashi Dhendup, Kinga Thinley, Ugyen Tenzin
In Bhutan, knowledge of wildlife species richness in protected areas is increasing, particularly for mammals; however, the knowledge outside of protected areas typically remains poor. We conducted a camera trap survey from May 2016 to July 2017 in a... see more
Jamie Francis Bernard Bouhuys
Nimain Charan Palei, Bhakta Padarbinda Rath, Bimal Prasanna Acharya
During our regular monitoring of Salt Water Crocodile in Bhitarakanika National Park in Odisha, eastern India, we for the first time photographed the predation of a hatchling Salt Water Crocodile by a White-bellied Sea Eagle. This information is very cruc... see more
H.S. Sathya Chandra Sagar, M. Mrunmayee, I.N. Chethan, Manish Kumar, D.V. Girish
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Balakrishna Meher, Ganesh Thiruchitrambalam
First time, a Sea Urchin Crab, Echinoecus pentagonus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1879) is recorded from the rocky intertidal region of the Andaman Islands. It is a symbiotic crab live with Sea Urchin. This species is recorded from the Lakshadweep and Nicobar Islan... see more
Siyad A. Karim, John R. Grehan
Vishwas Deshpande, Hemant V. Ghate
Calothyrza margaritifera (Westwood) is briefly described and illustrated. This is probably the first authentic record of the species from India.
Mukta Rajaram Bhamare, Hemantkumar Atmaram Thakur, Sharad Suresh Kambale
Ceropegia mahabalei Hemadri & Ansari is reported from Chichali Ghat, Dang District, Gujarat and from Salher Fort, Nashik District, Maharashtra). The note on the distribution of this rare endemic is also provided.