India's Endangered

UncategorizedMay 16, 2013

Pink Flowering Plant Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh

Travel to India’s north eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh and you might discover a new plant or animal every step of the way. As one of the richest bio-geograpical zones of the Himalayas the state is bestowed with most diverse variety of plants and animals. And now adding to the already varied natural treasure, once […]

GeneralMay 14, 2013May 14, 2013

Tamil Nadu to set up Four more Wildlife Sanctuaries.

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 […]

GeneralMay 13, 2013May 13, 2013

By 2080 Climate Change might Eat Away Most Plants and Animals

It is the year 2080 and it is not the world you would like to live in. Planet Earth is a lot hotter and a lot less greener with more than half of common plants and one third of the animals that we easily see today, becoming rare or extinct. This is the alarming prediction […]

People for PlanetMay 9, 2013May 9, 2013

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 […]

UncategorizedMay 7, 2013

Indian Tree species out of Critically Endangered list

A tree species Syzygium Travancoricum (locally known as kulavetti or vadhamkolli) found only in the state of Kerala has been moved out of the Critically Endangered (CR) category of red list of threatened species. The tree is still rare, but now further away from extinction. In 1998 the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) […]

Endangered AnimalsMay 4, 2013May 4, 2013

Hand reared Rhino Creates History: Gives birth in the Wild!

Baby news is always good news, but this baby is special because it was born in the wild of a rhino mom who was hand raised by humans!

GeneralMay 2, 2013

Mystery Revealed:What triggers Seeds to Sprout after a Forest Fire

for centuries it has been a mystery how seeds dormant for years and years can literally rise from the ashes after a forest fire and amply fill the jungle floor with new growth. In a new study, scientists have found the answer on how this regeneration occurs so rapidly.