It is that time of the year again when Olive Ridley turtles arrive in thousands on the beaches along the coastline of the Indian Peninsula for their annual nesting season. In an effort to provide them with a clean nesting place, over hundred students along with local volunteers got together to clean up a four […]
Man-made Flippers Give Crippled Turtle A Chance To Swim Again
When an turtle gets accidentally entangled in fishing nets, more often than not, the animal injures its flippers, the limbs that help the turtle swim. This means, that the turtle cannot move in the ocean waters to find food nor can it defend itself from a predator. The injury can easily lead to the death […]
Zoos And Schools Invited To Create Unique 3D Art For Pangolins
When art meets conservation, the results are bound to be inspiring. That’s what One More Generation, a conservation organisation run by two very young conservationists, believes in and is trying to achieve with their latest Pangolin Awareness Campaign and Art Install. Teaming up with a passionate artist and pangolin conservationist, the organisation has launched their […]
New Wasp Species Discovered In Western Ghats
Scientists have discovered a new species of wasp in the forests of the Western Ghats. It was identified by a team of scientists consisting of P Girish Kumar and P M Sureshan of the Western Ghats Regional Centre(WGRC) of the Zoological Survey of India(ZSI) and and James M. Carpenter of the American Museum of Natural […]
Selfie Inside Kaziranga National Park Gets Poachers In Jail
On June 18th last year, deep inside the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, two men killed a female rhino for her horn. The poachers were so elated that they took a selfie right then and there, posing proudly with the butchered rhino. Little did they know then, that 7 months later, it would be this […]
20 Greater Adjutant Storks Found Dead In Assam
Is it easier to kill a species that is not the most attractive looking? It certainly seems so as reports come in of the death of 20 greater adjutant storks from Assam’s Deepor Beel Santuary. The birds, one of the rarest storks in the world, were found at a site near the Guwahati Municipal Corporations […]
UP Police Rescues Rare Wild Cats From Poachers
The Uttar Pradesh Police rescued six rare wild cats from poachers who were on the way to Andhra Pradesh with the wild loot. The animals were being smuggled to Hyderabad. Among the rescued animals were five caracal cubs and one leopard cub. Both these species are protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act […]
A Kingfisher Turns Into A Frog In The Western Ghats: New Discovery
C R Naik, is a local forest official at the Karaavali area of Karnataka. Sometime back, during one of his routine monitoring of biodiversity near his coastal village, the forester came across a sound that distinctly sounded familiar. It was the sound of a Kingfisher calling. What was peculiar though that the sound was not […]
12 White Crocodiles, 1682 Saltwater Crocodiles Found To Inhabit Bhitarkanika National Park, Odisha
Here is some welcome news regarding crocodiles. According to the latest census, wildlife enumerators have found 1682 estuarine or saltwater crocodiles in the brackish water bodies and water inlets of Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha’s Kendrapara district. The census also found the presence of 12 of the unusual white or albino crocodiles in the park […]
What We Buy Affects Endangered Species
Map reveals connection between consumers and which species and its home is impacted by the purchase. You have just purchased a classy new 6 seater dining table for your home hand carved from the finest wood from Malaysia. You are happy and proudly enjoying the attention the new set is getting from friends and family […]
Forest Staff Asked To Be On High Alert To Stop Elephant Deaths On Tracks
Alarmed by the rate of elephant deaths on tracks last year, the Union Environment Ministry has directed their respective state forest departments to have their staff on high alert to prevent elephants and other wild animals from being killed by speeding trains. Too Many Deaths The issue was addressed by the director general of forests, […]