Home to about 12,000 living perennial plants and millions of dried out plants gathered from world over, the Botanic Garden in Kolkata is a visual treat. The main attraction of the botanical garden ofcourse, is the giant size banyan tree that is said to have the second largest canopy in the world.
Marine Animals Shrinking due to Global Warming
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.
Tigers Making a Comeback
It is a fitting beginning to a new year. Scientists have announced that the global tiger population is slowly and steadily rising thanks to strong government initiatives in particularly three countries – India, Russia and Thailand.
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
Big, Old Trees are Dying
World’s leading ecologists have found out in a long term study that most world trees between 100-300 years old are dying around the world. The reasons for their deaths include forest fires, logging and cutting because of urban developments
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.
Interview: Deepak Dalal, Penning Stories of Nature & Adventure
An author par excellence who has notably for the past 14 years taken up the arduous task of bringing nature and adventure into our lives through his books – The Vikram Aditya Adventure Series.
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
Villagers Rescue Tigeress Caught in a Fence
“It’s a tiger!” someone shouted and soon the whole village of Nidugumba was wide awake alerted by the predator’s presence.
Winners:India’s Endangered Poetry Contest-1
Thank you for such an enthusiastic response to our first contest. We now know for sure, there are many nature lovers out there who can put their feelings in verse and do it well.
Google gives 5 Million Dollars to WWF for its War against Wildlife Crime
Poachers’ task to wipe away wildlife in Asia and Africa, has just been made tougher by Google. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today received a major grant from Google to use state-of-the-art technology to help protect endangered species like elephants, rhinos and tigers from poachers and wildlife traffickers.