Almost Famous Species News

Our Almost Famous Species series features lesser known species from India. It is created in the hope that familiarity will help generate concern and action for under-appreciated species. Through the series, we introduce to you India's gamut of invertebrates, birds and marine flora and fauna, which perhaps don't get as much attention as our more popular big cats and elephants. Stretching from the Nicobar Islands very close to the equator to the Western Himalaya in the north, India covers about 30 degrees of latitude, with a long coastline on its peninsula. The wide geographic extent, topographic features with multiple long mountain ranges and fertile river basins, and the monsoon winds give rise to a plethora of habitats that have been home to a variety of creatures. Yet, any mention of Indian wildlife always conjures up images of charismatic large mammals. We acknowledge that these are interesting; but we want to draw back the curtain on other species that are equally fascinating.

The great Indian bustard has a new ally: its human neighbours

Conserving the Toda buffalo before it is too late

Genetic study suggests Himalayan ibex could be different from their Siberian counterparts

Moved from temple ponds to the wild, black softshell turtles walk towards revival

Logging poses a threat to the arboreal Travancore flying squirrel

Study suggests tuna gillnet fisheries deadly for dolphins, but evidence unconvincing

Lakshadweep unveils world’s first sea cucumber conservation reserve

Conservation biologists navigate the new normal

Fireflies appear to be vanishing in this Andhra Pradesh village

Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19

A new species of wood snake emerges in the Western Ghats, mottled in grey-brown

Indian scientists building DNA database to protect the elusive red panda

Scientists record bat calls to build database

Bringing freshwater turtles out of their shells and into the spotlight

It’s hello tourism, bye-bye vultures at MP heritage festival

Why India needs its fishers to save dugongs and their seagrass habitat

Can the Bengal florican make its case at the Convention for Migratory Species CoP?

Building community networks to save a rare turtle from extinction

Two new termite species discovered from the Western Ghats

Natural history notes from nature’s frontlines in India, for 2019

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