There are exceptions, however, and the aptly named fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) is one of them. This medium-sized wildcat is native to the wetlands and mangrove forests of South and ...

The solitary species are expert nocturnal predators with a taste for rodents, fish, and small birds. “One autumn day, I had gone to the mangrove forest to photograph birds, when I suddenly saw ...

She explained how mangroves can prevent coastal erosion, store carbon and provide a nursery for all kinds of fish and crustacean species. The trees, which grow in dense thickets of forests along ...

At the waterline the roots in this forest blossom downward ... gravid females of reef creatures that use the mangroves as a nursery. If any fish is emblematic of this life cycle—kindergarten ...

The mangrove forests serve as a habitat for even Schedule-1 animals like otters, fishing cats, jackals and several types of ...

Mangrove forest restoration is a community effort in ... and new mangrove seedlings began sprouting while fish and shellfish populations, that had declined when the waterways were blocked, returned.

By Ifham Nizam Mangroves, often referred to as the “rainforests of the sea,” play a crucial role in maintaining coastal ecosystems. These salt-tolerant trees and shrubs thrive in the intertidal zones ...