The species, introduced via the ornamental fish trade, has overrun the lake, decimating native fish populations and disrupting the aquatic ecosystem. With no commercial value and known for destroying nets and consuming hatchlings, the Rakashi has rendered local fishing unsustainable
Hyderabad: With Covid showing that it spared none, including animals, authorities at the Nehru Zoological Park here are putting in place precautionary steps to ensure that the virus does not enter the animal enclosures. “So far, all the animals at the Nehru Zoological Park are healthy. However, to make sure that the rising cases in […]
Hyderabad: Researchers from Hyderabad-based CCMB-LaCONES (Laboratory for Conservation of Endangered Species) in a genetic study of pygmy hogs, which are rare, endangered and are world’s smallest hogs, have found no overall signs of genetic inbreeding between the hogs across different generations. The research group headed by Dr G Umapathy at CCMB-LaCONES studied genetic changes in […]
