In 2021, the Public Works Department built a check dam on the Kazhuveli wetland, located in Vanur and Marakkanam taluks of Villupuram district, hoping to convert it into a freshwater lake. “It will only result in the degradation of this biodiverse ecosystem and increase salt water intrusion.” A three-member committee, headed by Chief Wildlife Warden Srinivas R. Reddy, inspected the …
Cambodian villagers on the Mekong River have caught what researchers say is the world’s biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, a stingray that weighed in at 661 pounds, and took around a dozen men to haul to shore. Sinsamout Ounboundisane/AP “This is very exciting news because it was the world’s largest fish,” said biologist Zeb Hogan, ex-host of the “Monster Fish” …
