‘There are more bengali tigers in Texas now than their are are tigers in the Bay of Bengal’ This statement comes from a photographer whose big revelation of the extent of wildlife trade came when he photographed shops selling tiger claws and bones for the first time near Burma border. The following video is by […]
India Bans Import Of Reptile Skin And Fox Fur
In a huge conservation win, acting on the demands of animal right activists, India has banned the import of skin of reptiles like crocodiles and alligators. The government has also banned the import of fox fur. The skins and fur are in huge demand in the fashion industry to create bags and other accessories. Thankfully […]
A Creative New Way To Save Endangered Species Caught In Wildlife Trade
The year 2017 begins with a novel idea for conservation of endangered species. It is an idea that stems from the very problem of poaching and wildlife trade, that is crippling the conservation efforts put to save animals and plants. According to a new research, scientists have found that few endangered species that were taken […]
Tracking The Jumbo Tragedy On The Tracks
“Rishikesh: Tusker dies after hit by a train” “Environment Minister seeks report on elephant deaths in Bengal” “Elephant run over by a train in Coimbatore” “Elephant mows down 3 elephants in Assam” These are some of the news headlines that appeared in newspapers all through the year this year. Elephants, India’s national heritage animals are […]
19 Gangetic Dolphins Spotted On Ganga River Stretch In Fatehpur
Dolphin sighting is always a pleasure to the eye.. .and it becomes all the more pleasurable when its a rare river dolphin that is spotted. About 19 endangered gangetic dolphins were sighted in a major stretch of the Ganga in Fatehpur district by a team that had been out to survey the number of the […]
Watch: Extinct Animals On Film
Have you ever wondered what the dodo birds looked like in real life? Or if the western black rhinoceros was really a beautiful black subspecies of the rhino that became extinct in 2011. Here is a rare video that shows some incredible footage of animals that once roamed this earth but are now extinct. See […]
Monkeys Have The Vocal Tools To Speak Like Humans Finds Study
“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 […]
Spider Discovered In Western Ghats Gets Name Inspired From Harry Potter Books
What do you call a spider that looks eerily similar to the sorting hat of the Harry Potter books? You officially name it Eriovixia gryffindori ! A new spider species discovered by Mumbai researchers in the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka has been named after the fictitious character Godric Gryffindor in the J K Rowling […]
Book Review: Indian Wildlife Through Poems
“Painting is silent poetry and poetry is painting that speaks”-Plutarch Poetry is a mode of expression with few equals. Good poetry, with its powerful imagery and the judicious use of rhyme, simile, metaphor and appropriate words, can greatly influence the reader and leave behind a powerful impression. With this aim in mind, H.R. Singh and […]
Rhino DNA Cataloging Will Soon Help Nab Poachers In India
Come 2017 and the rhino poachers in India might not gee-horning a rhino that easily. Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) along with WWF India, the environment ministry and state governments of Assam, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh have come together to implement a unique project for DNA indexing of rhinos. This move, it is […]
These Year End Tiger Numbers Are Not Going To Leave You Happy
91 wild tigers have died in India this year between January and 11th December. This is the highest number of deaths since 2010 and sees a 25 percent increase in tiger mortality from last year. The data was released by ‘tigernet’ – a collaborative effort of the National Tiger Conservation Authority and TRAFFIC India, a wildlife […]