An SOS call for the ‘Tiger of Kaveri’
The orange-finned mahseer or hump-backed mahseer, believed to be endemic to the Kaveri river that flows through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, has been an enigma for anglers…
Will dhole packs continue roaming the forests of the Western Ghats?
Carnivores of the wild have always fascinated the human race. Worldwide, extensive efforts have been made and large fortunes spent to revive the number of some of the top predators…
Climate change imperils Sundarbans tiger habitats
In 50 years from now, by 2070, the entire population of Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans mangroves in Bangladesh is likely to be lost to climate change and sea level…
Save the Great Indian Bustard from wind power projects
In a bid to save the Great Indian Bustard (GIB), currently on the brink of extinction, Indian government’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has asked wind power…
Eastern hog deer, believed to be confined to southeast Asia, found in Manipur
Researchers at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, had been, for long, puzzled by the features of hog deer at the Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP) in Manipur. Although…
Sundarban Reserve Forest now a Wetland of International Importance
The Sundarban Reserve Forest (SRF) in India, located within the largest mangrove forest in the world, the Sundarbans, is now a Wetland of International Importance, making it the largest protected…
There are Sarus cranes in my paddy field: changing community perceptions to conserve an endangered bird
Basant Singh is a happy man nowadays. He always carries a pair of binoculars with him and never misses an opportunity to spot a Sarus crane (Antigone antigone) idling in…
Gangetic river dolphins in the Indian Sundarbans struggle with swelling salinity
India’s national aquatic animal, the endangered Gangetic river dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica), is rarely visible in the waterways of the Indian Sundarbans. A study sheds light on the rise in salinity…
Batman of Meghalaya: Caving and cataloguing to save bats
Unlike fictional Gotham City’s Batman and Batgirl, this crew of researchers - some of whom describe themselves as “batman” - did not band up to deal out their brand of…
Home gardens and polluted fields are helping conserve this perfume source
The primary source of agarwood and one of the world’s most expensive trees, the evergreen agar tree (Aquilaria malaccensis Lam.) is a step away from extinction in the wild. In…
