It has been long due, but a bustard hatchery centre has finally come up in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. And now, the scientists, including a team of experts from Abu Dhabi, are desperately searching for bustard eggs to pull back the world’s most threatened bird from extinction. The Great Indian Bustard was listed as a Critically Endangered […]
The Supreme Court of India last Friday stayed the construction work of an 11.5 km stretch road that is supposed to be build between Laldhang-Chillarkhal in the Rajaji Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand. For the promised road, Uttarakhand government had conveniently bypassed statutory clearances and begun the work. The court has issued a notice to Chief […]
The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act or simply the Forest Rights Act (FRA) was considered a landmark piece of legislation passed in India in 2006. It meant to correct the historical injustice against forest dwellers done since the colonial era and in independent India. Sadly, 13 year on, the FRA has been […]
Ten years ago, two scientists working at the Simlipal Biosphere Reserve in Odisha saw a snake crossing their path. They recognised it as a vine snake but one that they had not seen before in these parts. Later that year, they again saw a male on a Lantana bush confirming that the snake was indeed […]
6 days ago there were reasons to believe that there is a wild tiger roaming in Gujarat after a school teacher spotted one in Mahisagar district and captured a photo with his phone. The forest officials placed camera traps and began scouting for the tiger based on the claim. And now, a camera trap […]
For field biologists Mahesh Babu and Ganesh Pallela, it was a routine survey of marine biodiversity along River Godavari in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh when they spotted an unusual shark. It was no longer than three feet and had distinct black markings on its dorsal, pectoral and tail fins. Still, it was hard to pinpoint the exact […]
Over 56,000 paintbrushes and 145 kg of mongoose fur were seized in Sherkot in Bijnore beginning of October, unearthing a massacre of unimaginable proportions. According to the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), the consignment represents the death of 10,000 mongooses for making paintbrushes out of their fur. 6 arrests were made in the process, guided […]
The Royal Bengal Tiger has been sighted in 3 new forest regions of Odisha. This was announced by the State Forest and Environment Ministry, Bijayashree Routray. Mr. Routray said that movement of tigers captured by closed-circuit television cameras installed at the Hemgiri forest in Sundargarh and Debrigarh sanctuaries in Sambalpur districts was direct evidence of […]
7 Asiatic Lions including 3 males, 3 females and a cub have been moved from Dalkhaniya range of Gir National Park as a precautionary measure after 14 lions were found dead in the same range since 12th September. The forest department says the lions died due to infighting, though vets also suggested they could have […]
Bodies of 11 Asiatic Lions were found in Gujarat’s Gir Forest in the last 11 days. Officials deny foul play and say that most of them died of a lung infection the cause of which is still not known. Gir is the last bastion of the Asiatic Lion and it has been long felt that […]
The Madhya Pradesh Forest Department has some delightful news for bird lovers. 7 pairs of the Critically Endangered Lesser Florican birds were seen in the protected Sardarpur Kharmor Sanctuary after a gap of 8 years. The sanctuary is a known breeding ground of this rare bird but after failed sighting of the floricans for the […]
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