Researchers have found one of the smallest known fish on record in the peat swamps of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Belonging to the Paedocypris genus, the fish (see inset) is just 7.9

The Norwegian government has given whale hunters permission to kill 1,052 Minke whales in 2006, up from a record-high of 796 last year, despite an international moratorium against it. This follows a

Golden mahseer is one of the splendid ecotourism species of the Government of Uttaranchal should strive to conserve in order to enhance the prospects of nature tourism opportunities in the state. In Uttaranchal the golden mahseer is largely confined to lotic habitats.

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