Myth, superstition, and zoonotic diseases such COVID-19 and the Nipah virus infection, have created a negative impression of bats. We are proud to continue fostering passionate young individuals dedicated to bat research and conservation.” Sreehari Raman, Assistant Professor at the Kerala Agricultural University, who was part of the programme stressed the significance of taxonomy training in bat conservation, stating, “Taxonomy …
Dozens and sometimes hundreds of bats die every time a church is closed or repurposed. It is a criminal offense to disturb a bat habitat as the animals are strictly protected, the Mammal Society warned. After their population numbers plummeted in the last century, the bat was given protected status under the Nature Conservation Act. Developers must determine whether their …
A study, conducted by Maureen O'Leary, a paleontologist at Stony Brook University in New York, and her research team, concluded that the ancestor of all placental mammals evolved “less than 400,000 years after the mass extinctions that wiped out the dinosaurs.” The groundbreaking study's findings were published on September 26 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Placental mammals …
