[VIDEO] Maternal instinct: sloth bear vs tiger
A dusty battle between a mother bear and a hungry tiger aiming for her cub was captured by Akshay Kumar, chief naturalist at the Bamboo Forest Safari Lodge near Tadoba National Park.…
The 2016 ‘monkey fever’ outbreak was not the first in Maharashtra
Kyasanur forest disease (KFD) is a tick-borne illness that was once restricted to the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It was first detected in the 1950s from Karnataka’s Shivamogga district,…
Shortage and decreasing efficacy of ASVs: India faces a snakebite treatment double whammy
Mari, a middle-aged man belonging to the Irula tribe of Tamil Nadu, is equally comfortable in handling poisonous snakes and rattling off about their dangers in broken English to a…
Should there be road-tunnels under Mumbai’s Sanjay Gandhi National Park?
Environmentalists are divided over the recent decision of the Maharashtra State Wildlife Board, which is presided over by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, to permit a geo-technical survey for two 11-km-long…
Keeping India’s tiger tapestry alive by connecting landscapes
About six years ago, a tigress was rescued from an irrigation canal in the western state of Maharashtra in India. Radio-collared by a scientific team, led by Vidya Athreya from…
Mumbai gets a flamingo sanctuary as trade-off for trans-harbour sea-link
In Mumbai, when a new highway had to cut through mudflats where flamingos come in, the quid pro quo by the Maharashtra Government was to notify a flamingo sanctuary. Thus,…
Mumbai fish harbour high levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Every day, millions of litres of untreated and partially treated sewage, as well as waste from industry and agriculture, finds its way to our seas and oceans. These effluents carry…
Environment crimes show decline: Activists cite under reporting
Maharashtra topped the list of states with the highest number of cases pertaining to violations under the Environment Protection Act (EPA), 1986, and air pollution control rules, according to the…
Three rattan species in the Western Ghats are endangered
If there is one material that finds immense use in our indoor and outdoor furnishings, besides wood, it is the cane. Sourced from a tall, climbing palm called the rattan,…
Melghat villagers make money out of lantana weed
For 23 year old Priya Sunderlal Mawaskar, living near Maharashtra’s Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR), ramuniya has just been a stubborn, wild weed, strewn with orange, purple and white inflorescence and…
