Imagine it is unbearably hot where you live. The rain clouds are nowhere in sight and you wish you could escape to a cooler climate, somewhere on the hills. In fact, you set out the very next day, only to find that the road that would take you to the hills is gone. In its […]
Now Help Catch Poachers When You Visit A Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra
National parks and reserves are usually closed for the tourists during the monsoon season in India, but one tiger reserve in Maharashtra is opening its doors for the people this monsoon and hoping that they can help catch some poachers while they are there! The Sahyadri Tiger Reserve located in the Western Ghat regions of […]
News Shorts from the Wild
8 July 2019 – 14 July 2019 Assam Floods Submerge 90% of Kaziranga National Park The water level in Kaziranga National Park has increased and over 70 percent to 90 percent of the park is under water following the incessant rainfall in Assam. The government had deployed special rhino protection force this year as these animals […]
Operation Thunderball Rescues Thousands of Endangered Animals
World’s Largest Anti Wildlife Trafficking Sting Helps Rescue Animals and Plants Across 109 Countries including India. Police and customs officials have carried out the most widespread anti-wildlife-trafficking operation ever in a joint global operation that’s led to the seizure of over 10,000 endangered animals and the arrest of nearly 600 suspects. The World Customs Organization […]
A Scorpion with a Black Sting Discovered in the Western Ghats
It took the researchers 11 years to convince the scientific community that they had discovered a new scorpion. Because the specimen they had first spotted in Amboli Ghats of Maharasthra looked so similar to another commonly found Indian scorpion the Hottentotta rugiscutis, that it could possibly have been just a colour variation, thought the experts. […]
News Shorts from the Wild
30 June 2019 – 07 July 2019 Impressed Tortoise Seen for the First Time in India Bunty Tao, a ranger under the Hapoli forest division in Arunachal Pradesh’s Kamle district, saw the tortoise in the hands of one of the villagers. He rescued it and thought this one was different. “I’ve seen turtles and tortoises […]
The 9 Core Issues Affecting Safety of Asiatic Lions in India
23 Asiatic lions died unexpectedly in Gujarat in September and October last year because of a sudden bout of the Canine Distemper Virus. The incident again triggered the issue of safety of the growing population of the lions and finding a second home for them. At present the Gir National Park in Gujarat is the […]
Wanted – Eggs of the Great Indian Bustard
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 […]
First Tigers Spotted in Kheoni Sanctuary in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh
Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh is in the spotlight for the right reasons. For the first time, five tigers have been spotted in the sanctuary that were photographed by a night camera trap. These include 1 male, 2 females and two eighteen month old tiger cubs. The Kheoni sanctuary was established […]
11 Himalayan Animals & Plants Fighting Climate Change
A few days ago, scientists from the University of Columbia and the University of Utah shared images and a study to show that the melting of Himalayan glaciers caused by rising temperatures has accelerated dramatically since the start of the 21st century. The analysis, spanning 40 years of satellite observations across India, China, Nepal and […]
Supreme Court Stops Road Construction Through Rajaji Tiger Reserve
The Supreme Court of India last Friday stayed the construction work of an 11.5 km stretch road that is supposed to be build between Laldhang-Chillarkhal in the Rajaji Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand. For the promised road, Uttarakhand government had conveniently bypassed statutory clearances and begun the work. The court has issued a notice to Chief […]