There is a different Ganga for everyone. For the fisherman, it is his source of daily sustenance. For the septuagenarian, her gateway to Nirvana. From the washerman’s daily grime to the sins known only to the one eager to cleanse his soul, the River Ganga is at work 24×7 washing away the dirt and reviving […]
This Device can Detect the Presence of Animals from Thin Air
Most people who go on safaris will know that sighting a wild animal in the jungle is not easy. You might roam for hours without even a trace of a tiger or a leopard or a rhino. It is especially harder for field researcher who spends hours and days inside the forests and can still […]
Why do Butterfly Wings Shimmer?
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New Climber Discovered from the Western Ghats
A new and rare species of climber has been discovered in the Western Ghats in Idukki district of Kerala. The discovery was made by a team of scientists from the Jawahar Lal Nehru Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute. The climber belongs to the same family as Colocasia, the popular indoor plants with broad heart-shaped […]
Anti-poaching Camp for the Sea Cucumbers of Lakshadweep
An archipelago of 36 palm-laden coral islands nestled amidst the endless Arabian sea, Lakshadweep embodies a precious heritage of ecology and culture and forms India’s smallest Union Territory. In July 2020 it also became home to the world’s first Sea Cucumber Conservation Reserve. Sea cucumbers convert decomposing organic matter into inorganic nutrients which are sparse […]
What is an American Wood Duck doing in Bengal?
There is a hubbub in the atmosphere. The residents of Ghoshpara Bakpukur, a Bengal village about 20 km from Kolkata cannot believe how their luck has turned around thanks to a duck. But it surely seems like it. Around ten days ago a single male American Wood Duck was seen swimming in the village water […]
Video: New Diatom Species Discovered in Meghalaya Cave
Researcher Dr. Karthick Balasubramanian and the team from the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune have discovered a new diatom species named Diploneis mawsmaii after the Mawsmai caves of Cherrapunji, where it was found.
Every Bite of Seafood you Eat is Full of Plastic: Study
If you are fond of eating prawns and sardines, crabs and oysters, chances are, you are eating plenty of plastic along with them. New research from Australia took these popular choices of seafood and found traces of plastic in every sample tested. The study — by the University of Exeter and the University of Queensland […]
Kerala’s Sacred Groves to Protect Endangered Trees too
God’s Own Country has launched a new campaign – the ‘GOD Trees’ and it might do a lot of good for endangered species. Growing Our Dying (GOD) Trees campaign has been planned by the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) where they plan to plant and protect a hundred of endangered and threatened trees in the […]
Air Pollution is Affecting Our Chief Pollinators
Geetha G Thimmegowda, a researcher with the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, first noticed a few years back, that the number of Giant Asian honey bees were gradually decreasing in urban areas of the city. Immediately, the scientist in her wanted to find out more. She began traveling to different locations of Bangalore […]
Growing A Forest For Odisha’s Elephants
There was once a time, not very long ago when there were over 2,000 elephants in Odisha and the entire landscape from the coast of Mahanadi to the Satkosia Tiger Reserve and the Mahanadi Elephant Reserve was a single uninterrupted habitat for the elephants to roam. As times changed, villages, agriculture, urban developments, and infrastructure […]