The chorus is dying

THE frogs sit, serene and impassive, inside a tiny rainforest in the American Museum of Natural History in New York. A choir of croaks, whistles and chirps from the collection of brilliantly-hued amphibians gives the darkness a voice. But this chorus is dying.

And the frog survived

THE outbreak of disease in a population can cause a large number of deaths, if unchecked. This decreases the genetic diversity of the species as a whole. The species lacking diversity is unable to adapt to the ever-changing climate and environmental conditions. This opens the door for further disease outbreaks. Gradually the species becomes extinct. Frog populations are declining worldwide. But some frogs have found a way to save themselves from becoming extinct. A team said outbreak of diseases

Blame's on chimps

It is agriculture that brought malaria with it if humans had not abandoned their nomadic ways for agriculture, two important events would be missing from the history of civilization: deforestation and domestication of animals. Man would also not have heard of diseases like aids and swine flu.

Equine flu strikes Uttarakhand

Pilgrimage comes to a halt horses, mules and donkeys in Uttarakhand are suffering from flu. The symptoms are the same as in human beings--runny nose, watery eyes, dry cough, loss of appetite and a general weakness resulting in stiff joints.

Nandan Kanan gets health cover

No unnatural tiger deaths in Orissa zoo since 10 died in 2000

What next?

A new rotavirus strain jumped from pigs to humans the swine flu outbreak might take down two billion people worldwide if it turns into a wider pandemic, said an official who estimate. An airborne disease with its origin linked to pig farms in Mexico, it is yet another example of

Shaken and stirred

Disturbed soils spread harmful bacteria

Bad for wildlife, bad for people

Spread of diseases due to climate change may be preventable

Horse flu spreads in India

Even as the government banned animal movement, sick horses are falling prey to other diseases equine influenza is threatening to assume epidemic proportions in India, with over six states, including Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and West Bengal having reported an outbreak of the acutely contagious respiratory

A dogged problem

Free-ranging dogs are unfavourable to wildlife, they are reservoirs of many diseases The word carnivore often conjures up images of large, dangerous predators such as lions and tigers. Few, however, realize that they spend most of their lives in the presence of the world's most common carnivore--the domestic dog. Man's so-called best friend is indeed the most numerous