Our friends in the wild are often in trouble because of poachers and threats to their habitats due to deforestation. There are many organizations which strive for their cause. At times, the animals succumb to the vile schemes of poachers. However, there are many instances when the efforts of the NGOs have paid off and […]
Climate Change Affecting Bird Migration Pattern In India
20 years ago, Chilika lake of Odisha was much cooler than at present. This helped birds migrating from the Arctic, gradually adjust to the warmer climate as they flew from sub zero temperatures to moderately cold regions of the world to spend their winters. Today, things are not the same. Climate change has unfortunately robbed […]
Animals Killed In Thousands, On World Environment Day Last Month
When the world was celebrating World Environment Day on June 5th this year, as part of a ritual of a hunting festival in West Bengal, about 5000 animals were being hunted using slingshots, bows, arrows and knives. This gruesome act was reported by a Kolkata-based organisation and Sanctuary Asia magazine. The shockingly brutal incident took […]
Assam Government Plans 8 Key Strategies To Protect Rhinos
The Government of Assam, in an initiative to protect wild animals including rhinos and to fight poaching has announced a set of measures to be implemented soon. These are, 1. Appointment of 104 forest constables. The Chief Minister of Assam, Sarbananada Sonowal, directed the Chief Conservator of Forests, Darash Mathur to declare the results for […]
‘Targetted’ Shark Finning In India A Threat To Global Shark Population
“Today was a very sad day. This morning we went to Blue magic wich is famous for lot of action and big stuff like grey reef sharks and oceanic mantas. We drop down to around 14-16 meter and I saw a dead shark on the bottom, i just thought it was a dead shark but […]
Railways Asked To Slow Down To Stop Elephant Deaths In Kerala
The tragic death of a 10-year old tusker by a train near Walayar Railway Station in Kerala recently has prompted forest department officials to send a written request to the railway officials of Palakkad division to reduce the speed of trains in the elephant corridors. A request has also been sent to the chief wildlife […]
From Vulnerable To Endangered, Whale Sharks Closer To Extinction
They are the biggest fish in the world known also as gentle giants because of their calm nature. Whale sharks are sadly one step closer to extinction with International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) re-evaluating their status and putting Whale Sharks in the ‘Endangered’ list from ‘Vulnerable’. With constant decline in the population of […]
Unbelievable Aging Seen In Birds Living In Cities
The fast-paced stressful lives led by human beings in big cities is undoubtedly taking a toll on their health. Now, there is research to prove that it affects birds living in cities as well. Compare the two birds in the picture above – it would be hard to believe that they are the same age. […]
Tiger Cub Seen At Sariska Tiger Reserve
Tigress ST-9 was relocated from Ranthambore national park to Sariska tiger reserve in 2013. Now, she has given birth to her first cub in Sariska, raising the number of tigers in the reserve to 14 and triggering hope that the park is back on conservation track. The first indication of the new cub came […]
Big Dams Causing Extinction Of Species
[AdSense-B] A new study has found that reservoir islands created by large dams across the world suffer loss of species every year. Reservoir islands, however are termed conservation sanctuaries to protect species from hunting and deforestation. These islands were found to have 35 per cent lesser species than nearby mainland ecologies. In the case of […]
Rare Lion Tailed Macaque Seen For The First Time In Kaiga Forest
[AdSense-B] Kaiga forest area in North Karnataka is around India’s premiere Nuclear power plant in the Western Ghats. It is here that for the first time ever, the rare Lion tailed macaque were spotted for the first time. Lion tailed macaques are an endangered species of primate found only in the Western Ghats of India. […]