Satata Harita: Endangered Species

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Long feared extinct crow rediscovered

THE HINDU October 15, 2009

(ALIVE AND WELL: The recently rediscovered Banggai Crow photographed in remote Indonesia. Photo: Philippe Verbelen )

Ornithologists have discovered a critically endangered crow, known to science only by two specimens described in 1900, on a remote, mountainous Indonesian island.

The Banggai Crow was believed by many to be extinct until Indonesian biologists finally secured two new specimens on Peleng Island in 2007.

Pamela Rasmussen, a Michigan State University assistant professor of zoology and renowned species sleuth, provided conclusive verification after studying the two century-old specimens known as Corvus unicolour in New York’s American Museum of Natural History. more...

THE HINDU, October 5, 2009

To save dolphins from extinction, the Union government has declared them as the national aquatic animal. The dolphins found in the Ganga are a rare species. This decision was taken in the first meeting of the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on Monday. Read more...

A couple of links that might interest anyone who wants to learn more about Platanista Gangetica or River Dolphin or more commonly known as 'Susu' or perhaps use the material for project work or school newsletter...