The present volume, "Animal Diversity, Natural History and Conservation- Vol. 3" with 22 chapters of the series has been compiled and the important contributions include: Bacterial Diversity in Faecal Microbiota of Badgers Meles meles Linnaeus (1758), in Portugal Diversity of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in India: An Overview Investigation of Termite Biodiversity in the Foot Hills of Maruthamalai, Western Ghats Region, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Biodiversity of Spittle Bugs in the Foot Hills of Maruthamalai, Western Ghats Region, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Status, Diversity and Distribution of Freshwater Mollusca of India Distribution and Conservation Status of Syngnathids Fish, Family Syngnathidae: A Review Diversity of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoise in Northeast India A Glimpse of the Avifaunal Diversity of Jammu Himalayas Ecology and Status of the Ganges Dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica): India's National Aquatic Animal, in Southern West Bengal Ecology of Spotted Owlet (Athene brama Temminck, 1821) in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India Natural History of the Little Known Endemic Mammal Herpestes palustris in Southern West Bengal, India Animal Diversity in Kuldiha Wildlife Santuary, Odisha, India Changing Habitat Considerations for Conservation of the Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans) in the Raigang (Kulik) Bird Santuary, Raigang, India Human-Elephant Conflict: Case Studies from Karanjia and Suggested Measures for Mitigation The book with it's balanced approach will be a valuable and an important research compendium that shall stimulate interest and satisfy the need of the ecologists, environmentalist and the conservationists to some extent.