Aditi Shekar

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Neha Madaan |Aditi Shekar

NewsCity Newspune NewsAre leopards leaving known habitats for food & territory? TrendingLeopard sightings near Pune airport are attributed to dispersal from overpopulated habitats like Junnar and Shirur, driven by the search for resources. Experts trace the leopard's path to Shirur, a conflict hotspot, where a recent fatality occurred. Sterilization is proposed to manage dispersal, but porous borders complicate control, making regions like Daund and Pune sensitive.

2 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Neha Madaan |Aditi Shekar

Pune: The sighting of a leopard, near Pune airport's runway, may be the result of what's known as dispersal, when animals begin to move away from known habitats to look for resources, wildlife experts told TOI on Tuesday. In Pune district, the known habitats are Junnar and Shirur and the experts said the leopard populations there have reached critical levels, which means the big cats may now be dispersing to urban centres of Alandi, Chakan and even Lohegaon, in search of food and territory.

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Aditi Shekar |Vijay Singh

News'Marco Polo of turtles' swims from Odisha to Maharashtra for double nestingAn Olive Ridley turtle, tagged in Odisha in 2021, has made a remarkable 3,500km journey to Maharashtra's Konkan coast. This is the first recorded instance of such a long migration for the species. The turtle laid 120 eggs, challenging previous assumptions about distinct populations on India's east and west coasts, highlighting the interconnectedness of nesting sites.

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Vijay Singh |Aditi Shekar

Mumbai: The turtle, which was tagged in Odisha on the eastern coast and was found nesting on the western Konkan coast, has flipped the theory researchers had that the nesting populations for both coasts were different, with no interconnection, as the turtles show high fidelity to their nesting sites. Dr Basudev Tripathy, senior scientist of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), told TOI: "In 2021, our team of ZSI researchers metal-tagged over 12,000 Olive Ridley turtles at Gahirmatha beach in Odisha.

Jan 9, 2025 | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Aditi Shekar

NewsCity Newspune NewsTimeline for Pavana rejuvenation expired without results, says CPCBTrendingPune: The timeline drawn up in 2019 to rejuvenate the Pavana river has expired, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said in its report submitted before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday.