Quick Glance It was a sight not seen in at least 20 years — a gathering of over 100 White-rumped Vultures spotted on April 2, 2025, feeding on a carcass near the Dudhwa Forest in Uttar Pradesh. With 99.7% of the vulture population wiped out just a decade ago, this rare sighting filled many hearts […]
Orchid Species Rediscovered After a 100 Years
Quick Glance In the year 1926, botanist A. D. Perry collected a single specimen of an orchid species from the Lushai Hills region of Mizoram, back then a part of Assam. This orchid was growing on moss-covered trees at an approximate height of 1500 metres. The unique species was classified as Malaxis parryae by Tang […]
The Indian Star Tortoise Has Lost Its Genetic Diversity, Finds New Study
The Indian Star Tortoise are found in two distinct geographical areas in India. Northwestern India (Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh) and eastern and southern India (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, eastern Karnataka, Odisha). There is also a third population found in Sri Lanka. The local environmental conditions play an important role in moulding the characteristics of […]
Rare Orange Bat Spotted in Chhatisgarh’s Kanger National Park
A rare orange coloured bat was seen in Chhattisgarh’s Kanger Valley National Park. The bat species is the Painted Woolly Bat/Painted Bat or what is commonly called the ‘Komola-badami Chamchika’ in Bengali because of its bright orange colours. This is the first time the species has been spotted in Chhattisgarh. Kerivoula picta as it is […]
Whale Sharks can Recover from Injuries in Weeks, Re-grow Fins
A new study has for the first time explored the extraordinary rate at which the world’s largest fish, the endangered whale shark, can recover from its injuries. The findings reveal that lacerations and abrasions, increasingly caused through collisions with boats, can heal in a matter of weeks and researchers found evidence of partially removed dorsal […]
Does the Ganges River Dolphin Benefit from the New Dolphin Safari?
There is a different Ganga for everyone. For the fisherman, it is his source of daily sustenance. For the septuagenarian, her gateway to Nirvana. From the washerman’s daily grime to the sins known only to the one eager to cleanse his soul, the River Ganga is at work 24×7 washing away the dirt and reviving […]
This Device can Detect the Presence of Animals from Thin Air
Most people who go on safaris will know that sighting a wild animal in the jungle is not easy. You might roam for hours without even a trace of a tiger or a leopard or a rhino. It is especially harder for field researcher who spends hours and days inside the forests and can still […]
Why do Butterfly Wings Shimmer?
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What is an American Wood Duck doing in Bengal?
There is a hubbub in the atmosphere. The residents of Ghoshpara Bakpukur, a Bengal village about 20 km from Kolkata cannot believe how their luck has turned around thanks to a duck. But it surely seems like it. Around ten days ago a single male American Wood Duck was seen swimming in the village water […]
Every Bite of Seafood you Eat is Full of Plastic: Study
If you are fond of eating prawns and sardines, crabs and oysters, chances are, you are eating plenty of plastic along with them. New research from Australia took these popular choices of seafood and found traces of plastic in every sample tested. The study — by the University of Exeter and the University of Queensland […]
Kerala’s Sacred Groves to Protect Endangered Trees too
God’s Own Country has launched a new campaign – the ‘GOD Trees’ and it might do a lot of good for endangered species. Growing Our Dying (GOD) Trees campaign has been planned by the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) where they plan to plant and protect a hundred of endangered and threatened trees in the […]