India’s fight against snakebite envenoming has hit a major roadblock: a one-size-fits-all antivenom, that doesn’t work in certain areas. Health experts and herpetologists are now calling for region-specific antivenoms, particularly in the case of Northeastern India, where the locally found snakes are different from the rest of the country.

An outbreak of rare, brain-damaging virus has left scores of children dead in India, and a deeper health crisis has emerged. Credit: CC0 Public Domain Three cases of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis this year, two of them fatal, caused some swimming holes and ponds to be closed to swimmers in recent months. That makes the state tally eight cases and two deaths so far in 2025.

A landmark study has revealed the first-ever global map showing the true levels of "biodiversity" on the driest continents, and provides an invaluable tool in the fight to protect the world's rarest species. This discovery contradicts the longstanding assumption that which species occur in each region was idiosyncratic and unpredictable.

The characteristic grassland of Dibru-Saikhowa National Park (DSNP) in Assam is experiencing a quick change due to proliferation of both native and invasive flora, posing a grave threat to its diverse fauna.

New Delhi:The Government of India will soon bring out its 1st ever set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for blood transfusions of animals in blood bank. This effort is intended to bring uniform critical care to the country's huge livestock and companion animal populations.