In a huge conservation win, acting on the demands of animal right activists, India has banned the import of skin of reptiles like crocodiles and alligators. The government has also banned the import of fox fur. The skins and fur are in huge demand in the fashion industry to create bags and other accessories. Thankfully […]
A Creative New Way To Save Endangered Species Caught In Wildlife Trade
The year 2017 begins with a novel idea for conservation of endangered species. It is an idea that stems from the very problem of poaching and wildlife trade, that is crippling the conservation efforts put to save animals and plants. According to a new research, scientists have found that few endangered species that were taken […]
Tracking The Jumbo Tragedy On The Tracks
“Rishikesh: Tusker dies after hit by a train” “Environment Minister seeks report on elephant deaths in Bengal” “Elephant run over by a train in Coimbatore” “Elephant mows down 3 elephants in Assam” These are some of the news headlines that appeared in newspapers all through the year this year. Elephants, India’s national heritage animals are […]
19 Gangetic Dolphins Spotted On Ganga River Stretch In Fatehpur
Dolphin sighting is always a pleasure to the eye.. .and it becomes all the more pleasurable when its a rare river dolphin that is spotted. About 19 endangered gangetic dolphins were sighted in a major stretch of the Ganga in Fatehpur district by a team that had been out to survey the number of the […]
Monkeys Have The Vocal Tools To Speak Like Humans Finds Study
“What you’ll find in the textbooks is that monkeys can’t talk because they don’t have the appropriate vocal tract to do so. That, I think, is a myth. My colleagues and I all get very tired of seeing this. But you see it in all the textbooks. Lots of popular books, and also scholarly books […]
Spider Discovered In Western Ghats Gets Name Inspired From Harry Potter Books
What do you call a spider that looks eerily similar to the sorting hat of the Harry Potter books? You officially name it Eriovixia gryffindori ! A new spider species discovered by Mumbai researchers in the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka has been named after the fictitious character Godric Gryffindor in the J K Rowling […]
Rhino DNA Cataloging Will Soon Help Nab Poachers In India
Come 2017 and the rhino poachers in India might not gee-horning a rhino that easily. Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) along with WWF India, the environment ministry and state governments of Assam, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh have come together to implement a unique project for DNA indexing of rhinos. This move, it is […]
These Year End Tiger Numbers Are Not Going To Leave You Happy
91 wild tigers have died in India this year between January and 11th December. This is the highest number of deaths since 2010 and sees a 25 percent increase in tiger mortality from last year. The data was released by ‘tigernet’ – a collaborative effort of the National Tiger Conservation Authority and TRAFFIC India, a wildlife […]
Bandipur Animals Get Solar Powered Pumps To Quench Their Thirst
Poor rainfall this year has resulted in acute shortage of water at Bandipur National Park in Karnataka. The forest department is making use of solar pumps in an attempt to better the situation. Out of a total of 250 ponds and lakes in the park that’s home to tigers among other wildlife, only 15 have […]
Tracking The Secret Lives Of Spoonies
In Russia, close to the Arctic, there is a tiny, buff coloured bird that is born with a spoon for a mouth – the Spoon -billed sandpiper. This wader flies to Southeast Asia during winters looking for a warmer place to feed. You would think, with such a peculiar looking beak, it would be so […]
More Than 200 Bird Species Close To Extinction Warns New Report
According to the results of a new research conducted by Duke University, more than 200 species of birds in six rapidly developing regions of the world are at risk of extinction. This study used remote-sensing technology to map out changes in land usage which was slowly resulting in restricted habitats of more than 600 species […]