Oil spills are a major catastrophe for all kinds of fish, turtles, birds and other life forms living in the seas and oceans. Oil spills usually take place when ships and oil vessels meet with an accident and the oil is spilled on to the water. Here is a look at how each of these […]
These Are The Winners Of The Stunning Underwater Photo Contest
2016 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition saw photographers from over 60 countries participating and sharing photos from the depth of oceans and rivers around the world. Look at the winning images below, Read More: Join Us On Flickr and Share Your Photographs Read More: Photos, The Cycle Rickshaw Guides Of Bharatpur Sanctuary Read More: LED […]
We Are Inviting You To Share Your Photographs
Nature is all around us and so is a chance to click a picture of this beauty that surrounds you, thanks to the camera phones and digital cameras we can get with ease nowadays. If you happen to be one of those people who likes taking pictures of the birds and the bees, the flowers […]
New Damselfly Species Discovered In India
In the shola forests of Kerala, up in the mountains of Annamalai hills, scientists have discovered a new species. It is a damselfly and owing to it’s love for the mountain habitats it has been named – Protosticta monticola, monticola meaning ‘mountain dweller’. The discovery was made by Dr KG Emiliyamma and Dr Jafer Palot […]
5 Facts You Need To Know About The Asiatic Lions
#1 Only One Place To Live Asiatic Lions are found only in Gir Forests of Gujarat, India. There is no other place in the world where a wild population exists. The approximate population here is between 300-400 lions. Lions have been marked as Endangered in the IUCN Red List of threatened species. Find More Information […]
Discovery Communication To Fund And Conserve 1 Million Acre Tiger Habitat
Discovery Communications announced a historic partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) through which Discovery will fund and help conserve nearly 1 million acres of protected habitat in India and Bhutan to protect and increase the wild tiger population. “The global movement to protect tigers just got one million acres stronger,” said David Zaslav, President and […]
Bakers Bake Amazing Animal Shaped Cakes To Create Awareness
Bakers in the UK got together for endangered animals by creating what they know best –cakes! The unusual things though about the cakes was that each one represented a species threatened by extinction. Take a look at the fabulous ‘endangered species cakes’. All images courtesy CakesDecor and DailyMail More Related Stories, Tiger Cub Seen At […]
Technology To Wildlife’s Rescue: Drones To Monitor 10 Biodiversity Hotspots In India
Following the success of a pilot drone project at the Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Madhya Pradesh earlier this year, the Indian government now plans to start using drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to transmit real-time images of wildlife in up to 10 biodiversity hotspots – including the Sunderbans, the Western Ghats, and the […]
Names for All: Gir Wild Lions get their own Unique Names
If you thought individual names were only for pet animals, you’re wrong! Forest officials – including the trackers and beat guards – of the Gir Forest National Park have a long standing tradition of giving the big cats in Asia’s only natural habitat of lions interesting and apt names based on their behavior in the […]
Olive Ridley Eggs Washed Out Of Their Sand Nests Due To Coastal Erosion
In yet another unfortunate witness to the negative impact of human development on the ecosphere, and ultimately the biosphere, coastal erosion recently caused hundreds of Olive Ridley turtle eggs to be washed out of their nests in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Nesting Olive Ridley turtles are known to bury their eggs in nests that are […]
Bats in Karnataka in need of a Saviour
Gotham City might be under the comic hero Batman’s protection but who is to protect the eponymous bat species from possible extinction? In the state of Karnataka in India indiscriminate destruction of their natural habitat is putting bats in grave danger everyday. The state, which is home to one-third of the bat species found in […]