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Coelacanths, A fossil fish that predates dinosaurs and was thought to have gone extinct has been found alive in the West Indian Ocean off the coast of Madagascar. It was accidentally rediscovered by a group of South African shark hunters. Demand for shark fins and oil has led fishers in southwestern Madagascar to set gill-nets in deeper waters. They are finding and possibly harming previously-unknown populations of these West Indian Ocean Coelacanths. The post Coelacanths – 420 Million years old Ghostfish found alive appeared first on Live It Logical.

Sea cucumbers are echinoderms—like starfish and sea urchins. There are some 1,250 known species, and many of these animals are indeed shaped like soft-bodied cucumbers. All sea cucumbers are ocean dwellers, though some inhabit the shallows and others live in the deep ocean. They live on or near the ocean floor—sometimes partially buried beneath it. The post Sea Cucumbers – The Illigal trade of ‘Aphrodisiac' of the ocean appeared first on Live It Logical.

There’s nothing quite like the beach, standing on the shore with the sun on your shoulders, burying your feet in the hot sand, letting the cool water wash over your legs as you stare at the open blue horizon. We are connected to the coast and ocean. Whether or not we are among the over ...

After all the recent buzz on climate change, I really hope people have become more aware of what’s happening across our planet. Every day there are hundreds of activists who protest for a cause. Cause to save the planet, they see a ray of hope to mend things destroyed by the humans. While many of us are actively protesting some of us still have this question of how we can contribute towards the same.

New Zealand’s islands are home to a plethora of weird and wonderful animals, but perhaps none are as weird and wonderful as the kākāpō. The giant flightless parrot exists on only a handful of offshore islands in New Zealand where it is safe from the new predators which are currently roaming New Zealand’s mainland. There ...

Pangolin If you’ve never heard of a pangolin before, you’re not alone! People say pangolins look like pinecones, or anteaters, but they’re actually mammals that live in Africa and Asia. Pangolins have large, protective keratin scales covering their skin, and they are the only known mammals with this feature. They live in hollow trees or ...

Today I’m going to talk about one of the biggest yet ignored problems of the world. The Food Wastage. Do we ever rethink once before throwing away that last bite of food just because we feel we’re already full? Or when we leave food on the plate just because we didn’t like the taste? Without ...

The Amazon River Valley is home to the largest tropical rainforest on Earth. This is roughly the size of forty-eight adjacent United States and it covers almost 40 percent of the South American continent. The Amazon rainforest covers parts of eight South American countries such as Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname, ...

Water is not a mere molecule with two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen, it is so much more. The planet earth survives completely on water. Our planet is covered 70% with water, but it doesn’t mean the abundance of fresh water on the earth. Freshwater makes up a very small fraction of all ...

Lion is not only a prevalent wild animal, it is a symbol of Wisdom, Power, Royalty, and Ferocity. Lion is a big cat that belongs to the Panthera genus and to the Felidae family. The lion ranged across Eurasia, Africa and North America from the 124,000 years ago. Their territories stretched from north of the ...

The vaquita, the lowest and most endangered whale in the world, is almost extinct because of China’s demand for swim bladders from a gigantic Mexican fish called totoaba, also known as’ maws.’ With fishermen illegally fishing for totoabas using big gillnets, vaquitas have become the victim of their by-catch. The Sea of Cortez is home ...

Kaziranga National Park a world heritage which is located in the heart of Assam, and one of the last areas in eastern India undisturbed by a human presence. It is populated by the world’s biggest population of one-horned rhinoceros, as well as many mammals including Bengal tigers, elephants, panthers and bears, and thousands of birds ...

Alaska’s Bristol Bay is one of the most pristine ecosystems worldwide, and is endangered by the suggested copper, gold and molybdenum mega open-pit mine. Bristol Bay is home to the most abundant sockeye salmon fisheries in the world, as well as strong seasonally occurred streams of chum, silver salmon and king salmon. King salmons are ...

Chennai is facing its worst water crisis in decades. People are standing in long queues waiting for water tankers to get their share of water for daily use. While Chennai is the first metro city to be facing this crisis, a report by NITI Aayog, an organization of Government of India that aims at sustainable ...

Wilderness. Primary rainforest. Biodiversity hotspot. Carbon sink. National park. Oil concession. These are all phrases used by journalists, scientists, activists, oil companies and governments to describe the ancestral territory of the Kofan, Secoya, Siona and Waorani peoples of Ecuador’s northern Amazon. The Waorani, who currently number around 2,000, once maintained one of the largest territories ...