Listen closely: using bioacoustics in wildlife conservation
In the Valparai plateau of the Anamalai Hills, two researchers stand in a forest fragment and listen carefully. Both work on bioacoustics – studying sounds in a landscape (the soundscape)…
Your Environment This Week: Yak exchange, flowers climbing up Himalayas, noise pollution fines
This week’s environment and conservation news stories rolled into one. To receive a weekly email with a roundup of our stories, please sign-up for our newsletter. Hope for healthy yak…
Finn’s weaver faces a risk of extinction
The Finn’s weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus) is listed as vulnerable in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List. However, the bird is at the risk of extinction, alerts the…
Nest guardians to keep the Indian skimmer’s eggs safe
A thick, orange-yellow bill with a slightly longer lower mandible (jaw) is one of the most striking features of the Indian skimmer (Rynchops albicollis). This bird with pointed black wings…
The great Indian bustard has a new ally: its human neighbours
Twenty-three-year-old Radheshyam Pemani Bishnoi in western Rajasthan is one of the fortunate few who has seen the critically endangered great Indian bustard (GIB) in the wild. But it was not…
Etalin hydel plant’s future now hangs on its economic viability
The forest advisory committee (FAC) of the Indian government’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has dismissed numerous representations that warned against irreversible damage to ecology if the…
Concern for birds grounds Mumbai’s marina project for now
Expressing concern over the route of migratory birds, an expert panel of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has, for now, refused to consider a proposal…
Vultures in Bundelkhand rise, but stray cattle and other concerns persist
Tranquil meditative profiles of Buddhist figures, which had been carved into the red sand stone cliffs centuries ago, watch the Betwa River languidly curve around hills of green. In the…
Travel the great indoors for a glimpse of your city’s natural world
A lesser flameback woodpecker drums a tree trunk while a pair of brown-headed barbets collect berries for their nest, a shikra swoops down on a gecko and then feasts on…
It’s hello tourism, bye-bye vultures at MP heritage festival
This weekend, Orchha, a town in Madhya Pradesh’s Niwari district will host a government-driven, three-day international tourism festival, Namaste Orchha. The town is known for its 16th-century monuments built by…
