It was the chance to pursue an engineering degree at India’s prestigious Manipal Institute of Technology that brought Ramit Singal to Manipal, a town ideally located near the world heritage site- The Western Ghats. But in the four years of his stay there, while the engineering degree became part of the formal curriculum, the real […]
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 […]
Indian Teenager Wins Prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award
Barely 14 and already in the world’s radar – that would be the most apt way to describe Indian teenager Udayan Rao Pawar who won the Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year award by the Natural History Museum and BBC Worldwide for the year 2013. His photograph, “Mother’s little headful,” which shows a mother crocodile […]
Locals become Guardians of the Grizzled Giant Squirrel
The Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary at Srivilliputhur in Tamil Nadu has a special protection force quite different from most other sanctuaries. A very energetic group of 67 locals are part of an anti-poaching squad, who along with the forest officials, keep the wildlife sanctuary protected from poaching, forest fires and many other threats. Despite physical […]
Interview: Jayanand Govindaraj, Capturing Moments in the Wild
The life of a wildlife photographer, it would seem is one big adventure without a single dull moment. But ask and they would be quick to tell you – it is quite the contrary! Sometimes crouched in the middle of nowhere, armed with heavy camera equipments under the blazing sun, hungry, thirsty and fighting insect […]
One Man for a Billion Ants: Meet Dr. Himender Bharti
What is your first reaction when you see an ant? Brush it off, trample it, or take the insecticide spray out to kill it envisioning hundred more all around. If you are not Dr. Himender Bharti, you will probably say yes to all three. But for this man fascinated by the ant world, a single […]
They call Themselves the Tree Planters
It is sometimes said, ‘A crazy idea can change the world’ and if someone can prove this to be true, it has to be two young Indian men, who thought of making their country greener through what they call Project 35 Trees. Armed with plant saplings and perched atop public transport vehicles, the two travelled across all states of India to plant trees and leave a message of hope.
Interview: Deepak Dalal, Penning Stories of Nature & Adventure
An author par excellence who has notably for the past 14 years taken up the arduous task of bringing nature and adventure into our lives through his books – The Vikram Aditya Adventure Series.
Jeff Corwin Launches first- of- its-kind Ebook Series on Wildlife
the Emmy Award winning TV Host and Explorer, is all set to take your electronic media experience to a new level by launching first of its kind Enhanced Media Ebook Series called Jeff’s Explorer Series. And the first e-book in the series is about the ultimate predators- SHARKS!
Interview: Tiasa Adhya, Fishing for the Fishing Cats
The mangroves of Sundarban are known to be home to one of the most popular wild cats of India- the Royal Bengal Tiger. But there is another wild cat that lives in the same marshy land which sadly does not enjoy the same repute as the tiger, but is a fantastic animal none the less. We are talking about the Fishing cat, a feline much like the domestic cat in appearance but twice the size and with a more masculine body. Naturalist Tiasa Adhya has committed herself to study this particular animal hoping that her research gives voice to an endangered wild cat that not many know about.
A Village in Love with Blackbucks
It is always the simple acts of the common man that can make uncommon differences. As yet another example of a community conservation effort, members of the Meena community belonging to a small village in Tonk district of Rajasthan are doing everything they can to save the blackbuck and deer population of the area.