Temperature and competition determine formation of bird communities: study
In the natural world, when two or more species come together in the same area for a certain time, they form a community. The birds that visit your backyard in…
Frogs in Sikkim Himalayas threatened by extraction for meat, allegedly of medicinal value
Come June, with the arrival of the monsoon, a symphony of frog croaks rents the air in Sikkim situated in the lap of the Himalayas. However, their time is up.…
IUCN cheers one protected area and raises concerns for six
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has commended Sikkim’s Khangchendzonga National Park with a “good” conservation outlook for the year 2017 in its World Heritage Outlook 2 report.…
