Anuradha Shankar , a mother, blogger and a traveler recently visited Wayanad in Kerala and had an unexpected encounter with an Indian Rock Python. As curiosity took Anuradha and her family including her inquisitive son Samhith, to the place where the python was incubating its eggs, she also wondered how difficult it must be for […]
Wild life conservationists and nature lovers have more to cheer as the Tamil Nadu government has proposed to create four new wild life sanctuaries. These new protected areas would be in addition to the existing ten in this southern Indian state. Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa made this statement in the Assembly last week as a […]
More than 200 online websites selling wildlife illegally in India…
There was a time in India when Emperors surrounded by their noblemen would mount the back of an elephant and venture into the jungles to kill a beast. The time of these erstwhile trigger friendly maharajas may well have gone, but the hunt for animals is still on and has taken an uglier shape than ever. It is not royalties anymore but commoners who kill for profit. Wildlife crime is today is a profitable business and the biggest threat to animals and the survival of the planet itself.
A railway line that may connect Sikkim with the rest of India more easily is currently under construction between Sevoke in West Bengal and Rangpo in Sikkim. But the track might threaten the lives of many wild animals, especially elephants that frequent the same path, triggering more accidental deaths if the train movement starts.
From Asian elephants to a sawfish called zijsron, get to know interesting facts about Indian endangered species from A to Z!
World’s leading ecologists have found out in a long term study that most world trees between 100-300 years old are dying around the world. The reasons for their deaths include forest fires, logging and cutting because of urban developments
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.
Poachers’ task to wipe away wildlife in Asia and Africa, has just been made tougher by Google. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today received a major grant from Google to use state-of-the-art technology to help protect endangered species like elephants, rhinos and tigers from poachers and wildlife traffickers.
The majority of Indians believe that protecting animals is important, according to new research released today by the World Society for Protection of Animals (WSPA). The research, commissioned by WSPA and undertaken by prominent research agencies GlobeScan and TNS Global, shows that 73% of Indians think the treatment of animals is a serious challenge in our society.
India’s national animal is the Tiger, the national bird is peacock and the national tree is the Banyan tree. Now get ready to add another species to the list with the government planning to give a huge recognition to a tiny little microbe. Soon one among a handful of short listed microorganism will be adopted as the national micro-organism of India and if you like the idea, you can even vote for your favourite microbe.
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