Context: Published in Down to Earth (DTE) – AviList is the world’s first standardized, unified global bird species checklist. Overview: What is AviList? A comprehensive and authoritative global checklist of birds that consolidates multiple taxonomies into a single standard. Coverage: Species: 11,131 Subspecies: 19,879 Genera: 2,376 Families: 252 Orders: 46 …

Context: The 3rd UN Ocean Conference, co-hosted by France and Costa Rica in Nice, France, aimed to spotlight growing challenges facing the world’s oceans and mobilize global action. Theme: “Accelerating Action and Engaging All Stakeholders for Ocean Conservation and Sustainable Use” Key Objectives: Strengthen SDG 14 (Life Below Water) Promote …

Context The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has successfully radio-collared three Fishing Cats in Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, as part of the Fishing Cat Collaring Project to study their behaviour and ecology. Fishing Cat Feature Description Common Name Tiger Fish / Kla Trey Scientific Name Prionailurus viverrinus Size & …

Context The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino (KATRIN) Experiment, a major international collaboration in astroparticle physics, has released a new result setting the most precise upper limit yet on the mass of neutrinos. About KATRIN Experiment Objective: To determine the mass of the neutrino by studying the beta decay of molecular tritium. …