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Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park – The new Green in the Desert

Eco-TravelMay 8, 2012May 8, 2012 Shilpi Gemawat

Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park situated at the foothills of the Mehrangarh Fort in the city of Jodhpur is a classic example of how good intentions and hard work always reap rewards. A team of ecologist have restored the natural growing plants of the region and given this desert land a green cover like never before. Visitors keen to see the magnanimous Mehrangarh Fort of Jodhpur now have a new destination to cover that’s an ancient treasure too – promising a future to the long lost and forgotten plant species of the desert.

Rising Sea Animal Deaths in India’s South-West Coast

GeneralMay 3, 2012 Atula Gupta

Last month two Giant Baleen Humpback whale sharks washed ashore dead on the Mumbai-Thane coast. Earlier a Bryde’s whale shark was found at Ratnagiri shores, 250 km away from Mumbai. With dead dolphins and Olive Ridley Turtles also spotted at regular intervals on the coast of Maharashtra and other south-west regions shores, there is fear that the deaths are not natural but caused by human errors.

Slender Loris on the hit list of Poachers

GeneralApril 28, 2012 Atula Gupta

Slender Lorises are the little known primates found in the southern states of India, especially in the Western Ghats and Karnataka. Till date very little is known about these nocturnal creatures, their habits or even their population. But now experts fear the species is under threat from poachers who are killing them in hundreds.

250 more Rhinos in Assam

GeneralApril 10, 2012 Atula Gupta

Conservation efforts at Assam’s Kaziranga National park are finally bearing fruits. As South Africa struggles with poaching threats to its rhino population, the Indian rhinos seem to be thriving with at least 250 more Rhinos recorded in the Assam sanctuary over a three year period.

New Site gives Everyone a Chance to Count Tigers

Eco-Travel, GeneralMarch 28, 2012 Atula Gupta

Have you been to a tiger reserve recently? Did you click the image of a tiger in the wild? Or do you simply love tigers and want to do something more than just sigh at their depleting numbers. Then here is your chance. A new website offers people like you and me to be part of the save tiger campaign simply by helping count all the tigers in the wild.

Maharashtra’s Biodiversity Revealed

GeneralFebruary 24, 2012 Atula Gupta

India’s western state and economy hub Maharashtra is also blessed with verdant natural beauty. With the biodiversity hot spot Western Ghats beginning from this state, the Zoological Survey of India recently found that the state has 1065 species of vertebrates and 642 species of invertebrates.

Frog Songs Help Researchers Understand Climate Change

UncategorizedJanuary 21, 2012February 10, 2012 Atula Gupta

Not everyone might appreciate the ‘croak-croak’ of a frog, but few researchers from India are listening to these amphibian sounds night and day to better understand the affect of climate change on these species.

Injured Olive Ridley Turtles Saved and Released into the Ocean

GeneralNovember 29, 2011 Atula Gupta

A few months back if one looked at the two Olive Ridley Turtles injured on Goa shores by boat propellers, the verdict would definitely have been death. But thanks to the efforts of International Animal Rescue team the turtles could be saved and are now back in the sea waters.

Conservation Efforts make Hyderabad Zoo Second Best in the Country

GeneralJune 25, 2011 Rajalakshmi

The Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad, has been adjudged the best Zoo in the country next only to Mysore Zoo, by the Central Zoo Authority of India (CZAI). The title comes because of the sincere efforts of Zoo officials to conserve endangered species through reproduction (captive breeding), and providing a better home for the animals and birds.

Western Tragopan Spotted in New Ranges in Kashmir

GeneralJune 17, 2011February 21, 2015 Atula Gupta

Known as the world’s rarest pheasant, the Western Tragopan was recently spotted in a new location in Kashmir after WTI and state forest department officers surveyed the Poonch area of Jammu & Kashmir. The team was pleasantly surprised by the find because the shy bird usually prefers the northern coniferous forests to its present location.

Receding Habitat Threatening India’s National Aquatic Animal: Ganga River Dolphins

GeneralMay 25, 2011 Atula Gupta

Gangetic Dolphins are being driven out of their larger, natural habitat of Brahmaputra River, to that of the river’s tributaries and even facing extinction owing to human interference in the name of activities like sand mining of river beds, fishing and pollution. This has been revealed by an ongoing study initiated jointly by University of Gauhati experts and a marine zoologist from Goa.