The Indian Star Tortoise are found in two distinct geographical areas in India. Northwestern India (Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh) and eastern and southern India (Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, eastern Karnataka, Odisha). There is also a third population found in Sri Lanka. The local environmental conditions play an important role in moulding the characteristics of […]
A rare orange coloured bat was seen in Chhattisgarh’s Kanger Valley National Park. The bat species is the Painted Woolly Bat/Painted Bat or what is commonly called the ‘Komola-badami Chamchika’ in Bengali because of its bright orange colours. This is the first time the species has been spotted in Chhattisgarh. Kerivoula picta as it is […]
India is home to approximately 50,000 plant species in the world. Around 6 percent of world species of flowering plants are found in the country. It is one of the 17 mega-diversity regions of the world, and eleventh in respect to the number of endemic vascular plant species. Around 28 percent of flora in India […]
The mass nesting of olive ridley turtles has begun at Odisha’s Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary in Kendrapara district. The phenomenon known as Arribada (Spanish for mass nesting) began on 14 March 2020. Already 15,000 turtles have come ashore to lay eggs and more will arrive soon. According to Bikash Ranjan Dash, the Divisional Forest Officer of […]
The tiny pores under the surface of the leaves called stomata are primarily responsible for the intake of carbon dioxide that plants need for photosynthesis. During the daytime, the pores are open to allow the maximum intake of the gas in the presence of sunlight so that plants can produce their food. But what happens […]
Our verdant forests have always been known to be the thriving ground for exotic flora and fauna. And sometimes these elusive fauna are better seen when captured unawares, albeit on a camera. The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), the busiest temple shrine in the world, installed infrared cameras in the Tirumala hills in Seshachalam biosphere; known […]
Villagers around the Kawal Tiger Reserve in Telangana State live in fear of one animal – Cheetah. They know that if he gets their scent, no poacher is safe until he is nabbed by the forest department. Cheetah is none other than a German Shepard who is part of the wildlife dog squad deployed in […]
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 […]
From tiny mushrooms and clams to snakes, frogs and fish, the scientists and researchers of India who seldom stop looking for the next big find, discovered 596 news species of plants and animals in 2018, according to the latest report by Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI). With these […]
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 […]
50 rare star tortoises that were seized from wildlife traders and being cared for by a Singapore based conservation organisation, are all set to return back into the wild. The organisation ACRE is planning to transport these tortoises back to their native country India next month. Read More: Over 1000 Tortoises Rescued In Bangalore From […]
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