Scientists Study Rare Species With Unique Behavior UNUSUAL: Have you ever come across a weird-looking purple colored frog with a plump body and characteristic pointed snout? Chances are you have never even heard about their existence until now, because these fascinating members of the animal kingdom were only discovered as recently as in 2003. Now […]
Big Bird Day Records 787 Bird Species of India
SURVEY: February 16, 2014 marked an eventful Sunday for birders all over the Indian sub-continent when they celebrated the Big Bird Day. The 468 teams participating in the annual event this year (as compared to last year’s 168 teams) recorded 787 species of birds which accounts for 65 percent of the bird diversity in India. […]
800 Endangered Olive Ridley Turtles found Dead in South India
TRAGEDY: It was a quest to bring the new generation into this world that led to the death of 800 rare and endangered Olive Ridley Turtles in a beach in southern India. The turtles are known to make their yearly voyage to the east coast Indian peninsula to breed and lay eggs in some of […]
Seven Down, More To Go? Rhinos Killed With Impunity
POACHING: We are barely two months into the new-year, and the number of rhinoceros that have fallen to poaching this year has already reached seven. While five rhinos were killed in January, two were killed as recently as last week on consecutive days of February. Of the seven rhinos killed, six were from the Kaziranga […]
Train Stops to Rescue Baby Elephant that Fell into a Ditch (Photos)
RESCUED: It could have been a really sticky situation for one baby elephant when it slipped into a ditch and got stuck in it, in Assam, India. But thanks to a train full of passengers passing bye, the calf was rescued and re-united with its herd. When a herd of elephants was passing a railway […]
Elephants Console each other in Times of Distress
BREAKTHROUGH: Consoling words or a gentle touch of a friendly hand are sometimes all that is needed to lift your mood at times when you feel sad or distressed. But new evidence finds that using physical touches and vocalizations is not a human behavior alone but elephants too are able to console each other in […]
Increase in Flamingo Population in Sambhar Lake,Rajasthan
RISING NUMBERS: The desert state of India is flocking with pink feathered birds this season. The Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) which was completed on January 16th has noted an increase in the number of Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) and Lesser Flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) in the state. The census found 1300 greater flamingos and 1800 lesser […]
Whose Lion is it Anyway?
Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh continue to Tussle over Asiatic Lion Translocation The grown up fight for the big cat in India will not be over anytime soon it seems. In April 2013 the Supreme Court of India ordered the translocation of Asiatic Lions from Sasan Gir in Gujarat to Kuno wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh […]
Mobile App To Assist Tiger Tracking In Bandipur Park
TECH FOR CONSERVATION: Tiger-tracking and wildlife conservation go hi-tech, thanks to a new mobile application recently launched at the Bandipur National Park by the Conservator of Forests and Director of Bandipur Tiger Reserve, H. C. Kantharaj. The android-based app, which has been indigenously developed by KeyFalcon Solutions of Bangalore, will help forest officials and conservationists […]
Royal Bengal Tiger makes Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary its Home
SPOTTED: The year 2014 has begun on a positive note for the tiger population in the country as wildlife biologists have documented the first evidence of the big cats actually living in the Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh. The evidence includes an image of a tiger, and also various pugmarks and scat samples collected from […]
Two Lions Killed by Train in Gujarat
TRAGIC: Gujarat, the land of the Gir Forest, the abode of the last few surviving members of the Asiatic lion; was witness to the death of two lionesses that were knocked down by a train on the Surendranagar Pipavav Port railway line. The lionesses were hit by the train between Dehra and Pasada villages in […]