Global warming is affecting sea animals more than land animals, scientists found after a large study. The research shows that aquatic creatures are shrinking 10 times more than the land dwellers due to severe climate change.
What Makes an Year Memorable?
Making new friends…. Discovering new trails… Giving wings to dreams… Cherishing every moment… Wishing you a truly memorable 2013 Image courtesy Peter g Trimming, rasmuscleve, lisadragon, mayorock via CC/Flickr
It’s Time to Spot the Birds in Your City!
How often have you spotted a new bird in the neighbourhood and wished you knew its name? Urban areas are home to a number of birds other than sparrows and mynas and if you want to explore, team up with other avid birders and know your city’s birds even better, then here is your chance. It’s time for the race…the India BirdRace 2013.
Vanishing Ecological Inheritance
One researcher fears that as the society becomes more homogenous we are losing out on our uniqueness as traditional knowledge is no more being passed on. The one learning path that is vanishing at the speediest pace is ecological knowledge – the understanding of the natural world
Jeff Corwin Launches first- of- its-kind Ebook Series on Wildlife
the Emmy Award winning TV Host and Explorer, is all set to take your electronic media experience to a new level by launching first of its kind Enhanced Media Ebook Series called Jeff’s Explorer Series. And the first e-book in the series is about the ultimate predators- SHARKS!
Mouse Deer Population Bounces back
Hyderabad Zoo is playing a pivotal role in saving one species – the mouse deer.
Wild, Candid and Prize Worthy
This year’s BBC Wildlife camera-trap competition results prove that Indian naturalists are not just using the technology leap but reaping rich rewards from these candid clicks.
70 Percent Indians think Animals need More Protection
The majority of Indians believe that protecting animals is important, according to new research released today by the World Society for Protection of Animals (WSPA). The research, commissioned by WSPA and undertaken by prominent research agencies GlobeScan and TNS Global, shows that 73% of Indians think the treatment of animals is a serious challenge in our society.
Urban Kolkata Home to Numerous Plants and Animals
We always assume that a city, any urban city, is only home to people, cars, trucks, factories, innumerable buildings and shopping malls. It may come as a surprise to some therefore that a survey recently found Kolkata, one of the most urban metropolitan of India to be home to an exhaustive list of plants and animals.
Poachers now using Children as their Ears and Eyes
In a shocking incident a 16 year old boy was arrested recently from Kaziranga as he was trying to help poachers in search of Rhinos. It is feared that after forest officials the poachers are now turning to young minds to corrupt them and turn them into foe of the wildlife as they hunt down the last remaining rhinos of Assam.
Man Finds Deer in his Bathroom!
Sandeep Desai of Goa thought the wild intruder in his bathroom was a stray hare. But he was in for a surprise when the creature actually turned out to be an animal locally called a pisoi or what is more commonly known as the mouse deer!