Not happy with the results of the tiger survey by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) last year on the number of tigers in the state of Odisha, the state government recently conducted another survey and found the eastern Indian state to be home to 40 tigers. These are 12 tigers more than the NTCA […]
Eurasian Otter Spotted For The First Time In India
For the first time in India, scientists have proof and photograph of the presence of the rare Eurasian Otter in India. These mammals were photographed using camera traps in the jungles of Satpura Tiger reserve and Kanha-Pench border of Madhya Pradesh. The photo evidence was obtained between November 2015 and February when Wildlife Conservation Trust […]
More Vultures In Madhya Pradesh
A census conducted by the Forest Department of Vultures in Madhya Pradesh; the second time this year showed a significant increase in its numbers. About 7000 vultures were counted in the census. The numbers in Panna, Neemuch and Mandsaur districts had increased considerably. The city of Indore however saw a decline in the number of […]
Community Effort To Save Intangki National Park
Worried about the diminishing forest and wildlife at Intangki National Park, the Zeliangrong Baudi (N) has taken up an initiative of taking prompt action against illegal logging. The organization has also sent an appeal to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and Head Forest Force, Department of Forests, Ecology, Environment and Wildlife. The Committee for […]
Intangki National Park: Haven For Illegal Logging
One of the last refuges of forest wildlife in Nagaland- the Intangki National Park in Peren district is fast diminishing under the axe of illegal logging. A trek inside the Intangki National Park brings a sense of the helpless despondency it is facing – hardly any huge trees in sight; felled trees strewn around and […]
E-eye To Be Brought To All Sanctuaries To Keep An Eye On the Tiger
The E-eye surveillance project of the central government that began in Corbett National park in 2012, may soon be extended to cover the tracking of tigers in all the wildlife sanctuaries of India. This surveillance is aimed to also prevent poaching of animals to a great extent. As a first step towards this end, this […]
In A First, Scientists Track A Great Indian Bustard’s Over 7000 km Flight
For the first time in India, the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard has been tracked for a distance of 7774 km using satellite telemetry. This tracking has provided information about the bird such as its breeding pattern, feeding behavior and preferred habitat. With only 300 of the birds left in the wild, this insight would […]
LED Lit Fishing Nets Can Save Sea Turtles
Scientists at the University of Exeter have come up with a simple and cost-effective solution to prevent sea turtles from getting caught in fishing nets. They have found that attaching green LEDs to fishing nets can help reduce the sea turtle deaths by 64 percent. The lights do not have any effect on the number […]
Human Activities Threatening India’s Three Prominent World Heritage Sites
The latest survey conducted by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has revealed that three of the most prominent World heritage sites of India have been subjected to great threats due to industrial activities such as mining. These sites are Western Ghats, Sunderbans National Park and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary. Besides these, 114 out of 229 World Heritage […]
Photographers Discover A New Species Of Primate In India
The White Cheeked Macaque, a new species of primate, has been spotted in Arunachal Pradesh by a group of wildlife photographers and biologists from North East India. The macaque is a new species that was discovered in 2015 by Dr Li Cheng and his group from the Modog in South-eastern Tibet in China. The discovery […]
Indian Rhino: Surviving The Hunt
“Ambling on without a care in the world”, is how one British hunter-naturalist described that most formidable of Indian mega-herbivores, the rhinoceros. Indeed, there was a time when the Indian rhinoceros dominated the wet, swampy grasslands situated in the north of the Indian subcontinent. Seals of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation of the 3rd century […]