“What you’ll find in the textbooks is that monkeys can’t talk because they don’t have the appropriate vocal tract to do so. That, I think, is a myth. My colleagues and I all get very tired of seeing this. But you see it in all the textbooks. Lots of popular books, and also scholarly books […]
Rare Lion Tailed Macaque Seen For The First Time In Kaiga Forest
[AdSense-B] Kaiga forest area in North Karnataka is around India’s premiere Nuclear power plant in the Western Ghats. It is here that for the first time ever, the rare Lion tailed macaque were spotted for the first time. Lion tailed macaques are an endangered species of primate found only in the Western Ghats of India. […]
Humans are Not Smarter than Animals
VIEWPOINT: There are tiny little insects called the Rhinoceros beetle that can lift 285 times their bodyweight. Humans can manage 1.7 times their bodyweight only. The starfish can regenerate their entire body from a cut off limb. Humans of course, can only regenerate a broken toe nail perhaps. Elephants can keep track of up to […]
Interesting Endangered Animal Facts from A to Z
From Asian elephants to a sawfish called zijsron, get to know interesting facts about Indian endangered species from A to Z!
Monkeys of India
Ever wondered how many different types of monkeys are found in India? Here is quick list of different species of monkeys found in India.
Lion Tailed Macaque out of 25 Most Endangered Primate List
The lion tailed macaque is no more part of the list of 25 most endangered primates in the world. But does that mean enough has been done to save the species?