Rodents are important storage pest of NEH region due to availability of congenial habitat. The farmers of West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh with their years of wisdom have been using an indigenous method of rat proof granary called Nahu in Adi language. The study reveals three scientific features of this structure used as rat proof grain storage.
Long live the emperor: Emperor penguins, the only penguin variety that breed during the harsh Antarctic winters, are headed towards extinction, said a research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. If climate change continues to melt ice at rates published in the last report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the population of
The modern-day pied pipers in Mizoram and Manipur have earned a cool Rs 78.97 crore, killing; you guessed right, rodents. Yes, you read it right, that is the amount Government of India sanctioned to Mizoram and Manipur, two of the worst-affected States, to fight the menace of rodent.
Eat it! HOW about rat burgers, rat tail pasta or baby rat keema for dinner? It may become a reality in Bihar if the state government pursues its latest obsession with rats. The state plans to promote rat meat as a source of protein that
The population cycles of rodents at northern latitudes have puzzled people for centuries, and their impact is manifest throughout the alpine ecosystem. Climate change is known to be able to drive animal population dynamics between stable and cyclic phases and has been suggested to cause the recent changes in cyclic dynamics of rodents and their predators.
A large number of paddy farmers in the Gampaha, Kalutara, Matale, Kandy, Kurunegala, Matara and Hambantota districts are reported to have contracted leptospyrosis since the beginning of this year.
