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Navigating the Landscape of Media Coverage on Environmental Topics

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Coverage of environmental issues - Readers often remember negative news more vividly and also pay more attention to it. Many media outlets publish negative news to grab more eyeballs.                                 Newspapers place a high emphasis on news related to politics, entertainment, and sports. However, when it comes to reporting on environmental issues, it is given relatively little attention. Due to the low priority given to environmental matters, environmental issues are not discussed as often. But as situations are changing and the severe effects are visible of global warming, the media is turning its eye towards it. First-page coverage: According to several newspapers, very few of them have made environmental issues its main headline. The news are mostly related to extreme heatwaves in India. There are very few instances in which environmental issues will appear on the first page. The environm...

For the Love of Iguanas

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  To begin with, it is important to emphasize how amazing reptiles are and how much joy it always provide the animal keepers to work with them. Animal keepers deal with a wide range of exotic animals, such as insects, birds, monkeys, mammals, and reptiles.    -        Usually for the animal keepers, the day starts early with feeding soft food (vegetables, sprouts) to a variety of birds. Later in the morning, there's a fruit feed, and in the afternoon, there's a mixed seed feed. All nocturnal animals receive nighttime feedings from the keepers. Food containers must be rearranged for the next day after being cleaned and sanitized. The keepers take care of bedding, enclosure cleaning, nesting-box maintenance, and other comforts needed for breeding species in between jobs. For iguanas, getting enough sleep and rest is equally essential. The only way to comprehend is to observe them; this will allow one to learn about their preferences and start to gain a f...