The world of wildlife continued to buzz in 2022. From the arrival of cheetahs in India from Africa to honey bees displaying human-like abilities to frog species long thought to be extinct being found alive, wildlife made news through 2022. Here are some of Down To Earth’s best stories on events concerning wildlife in India and abroad:
Ecologists at Michigan State University and collaborators in Ecuador found 32 species of an amphibian genus — Atelopus or harlequin frogs — still surviving in the wild.
A total of 3,377 tigers were confiscated from January 2000 through June 2022 in 2,205 poaching incidents across 50 countries and territories globally.
Until now odd and even categorisation, also called parity classification, had never been shown in non-human animals. But in a new study, published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, scientists showed honeybees could learn to do this.
There are 20 quadrillion or 20,000 trillion ants in the world, which weigh more than all wild birds and mammals combined, stated a new study.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released African cheetahs into their enclosure at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district September 17, 2022, his 72nd birthday.
Sea cucumbers were the most frequently trafficked marine species in India between 2015 and 2021, a new analysis by the Wildlife Conservation Society-India (WCS-India) showed.
Crocodile experts warned that the Bhitakanika National Park had reached a saturation point as far as its saltwater crocodiles were concerned, which could prove to be a big headache if not addressed soon.
Wildlife activists and animal experts criticised the amendment made to Section 43 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act that permits elephants, a Schedule I animal, to be used for ‘religious or any other purpose’.