[This article has been updated after the CMS accepted the proposal about the Bengal Florican. Scroll to the end to read more.] Starting late last week on the 15th of…
In May 2019, hundreds of fish turned up dead in a river in Kasaragod, northern Kerala, reportedly due to low oxygen levels. Among the mass fish graveyard, sightings of an…
Researchers have discovered two new species of soil-dwelling termites in the biologically rich and biogeographically unique Western Ghats. The identification of the two new termite species from the Western Ghats…
The 500 plus stories we carried in 2019 had two overarching themes – the national elections and the string of extreme weather events that left India reeling. Amidst discussions of…
Hornbills disperse more than 90 percent of the seeds of the fruits they consume, and the larger-bodied great hornbills and wreathed hornbills can disperse seeds more than 10 km away…
The pastoral yak rearing system in Sikkim in the eastern Himalayas is changing to cope with climatic changes that have led to snowfall getting thinner in the last 15 years,…
The next time you hear something about the Sri Lankan cat snake’s (Boiga ceylonensis) population from India, be skeptical, for it could be a case of mistaken identity, advise researchers…
One August afternoon in 1991, rangers at India's Kaziranga National Park rescued a startled rhino calf. The young female, believed to be just a few months old, had just survived…
Effortlessly trailing your 21st-century walls, house geckos have evolved from an ancestor whose history goes back about 36 million years ago (MYA)-when Earth cooled rapidly and ice sheets formed on…
Growing up in a family of entomologists, bankruptcy lawyer Mark Sterling was always interested in moths. He could never quite “kick the habit” despite being busy rescuing troubled businesses. Now,…
