A normal travel plan can change into an eco-travel plan if you only spend a little more time deciding on the place to go. It is not necessarily the trip to a national park or a beach that makes into the list of an eco-tourism spot. The important thing is to minimize the amount of fossil fuels you burn, plan the amount of things you are carrying before you go and if possible opt to help a local conservation organization.
Rare Mouse Deer Sighted in Maharashtra
Last February wildlife enthusiasts were greeted by one great news when the rare mouse deer was found grazing in the Nagzira wildlife sanctuary in Nagpur. Although the species has a wide range in India from the Western Ghats till Orissa, but they are difficult to spot because of their nocturnal nature.
War torn Kargil now Home to Snow Leopards
Camera Traps find evidence of the elusive leopard in Kargil.
Chennai Zoo shifts Animals to Reserve Forests
Animals from the wild are frequently captured and placed in zoos but Chennai’s Vandalur zoo is planning to do the reverse as five of its resident species will be relocated to jungles to offer the animals some peace from the maddening crowd of zoo visitors.
Saintly act Saves Endangered Forest Owlet
For Swami Mahadevanand Saraswathi life is sacred, no matter if it is that of a human or an animal. It is this belief that led him to rescue two critically endangered forest owlet from a cage and keep them safely at his home in Varanasi until rescuers from UK helped him release the birds into the wild.
Maharashtra’s Biodiversity Revealed
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.
Interview: a j mithra, Making Music with Animal Calls
Chirrups, squeaks, roars and howls may not be much more than animal calls for most of us but for one man these are music to his ears quite literally. a j mithra is a self taught Zoo musicologists, someone who uses animal sounds to create music.
Tiger Poaching goes down in 2011
The number of tigers hunted down and killed in India in the year 2011 came down drastically according to Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI). Compared to 2010, there was almost 60 percent reduction in tiger poaching.
Artificial Beaks help save the Hornbills
On the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in the State of Arunachal Pradesh lies Pakke Tiger Reserve. The park is proud to have four resident hornbill species but the area is also home to the Nyshi tribe, whose illustrious headgear includes a hornbill beak. But now fibre replicas of the beaks have helped save the birds from being killed for their beaks, at the same time also saving the age-old identity and headgear of the tribe.
One horned Rhinos to be saved from Annual Floods
To save the One-horned Rhinos from the annual floods of the river Brahmaputra in Assam, the state is all set for trans-location of the animals from Kaziranga national park to Manas Tiger Reserve.
Tiger Numbers Increase in Assam
Country’s north eastern state, Assam has always been a favorite destination of wildlife and a new census reveals that the natural surroundings are still in the animals’ favored list. From Royal Bengal Tigers to elephants and one horned Rhinos, population of all wild animals is showing an upward trend.